Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2016, 8:13 PM EST for Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 8:13 PM EST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 9:15 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | West Norriton, PA | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 8:52 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Franklin Twp, PA | DOWNED PINE TREE PULLED DOWN ELECTRIC POLS ALONG STRICKERSVILLE ROAD. A TREE FALLING ONTO A CAR CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
520
WWUS81 KPHI 250113
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
813 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
PAZ060-101>104-250215-
BERKS-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN
CHESTER-
813 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHESTER...SOUTHEASTERN
BERKS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 813 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREEN LANE TO LOMBARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...POTTSTOWN...PHOENIXVILLE...LANSDALE...
WEST NORRITON...EAST NORRITON...COATESVILLE...DOWNINGTOWN...
SOUDERTON...KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...OXFORD...ROYERSFORD...
PARKESBURG...TRAPPE...HATFIELD...EAST GREENVILLE...WEST GROVE AND
SCHWENKSVILLE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3976 7606 3985 7602 3987 7599 3992 7600
3994 7598 3995 7600 4011 7589 4033 7559
4043 7552 4023 7520 3974 7581 3973 7609
3974 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 228DEG 63KT 4035 7553 3971 7596
$$
AMCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 8:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 9:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Feb 24, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 11:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 11:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 15 min |
| Feb 25, 12:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Monmouth, Ocean | 56 min |
| Feb 25, 1:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:04 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 33 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Passaic | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 8:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 9:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 10 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 20 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 14 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:28 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 18 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 28 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Montgomery | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 10:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 13 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:21 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 9 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 8 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.