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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2016Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2016, 3:17 AM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2016, 3:17 AM EDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

447 
WWUS81 KPHI 210717
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
317 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
 
PAZ054-055-210745-
CARBON-MONROE-
317 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MONROE AND CARBON
COUNTIES...

AT 315 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARCHBALD TO NEAR FAIRMOUNT SPRINGS...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEHIGHTON...MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...
PALMERTON...JIM THORPE...NESQUEHONING...WEATHERLY...
DELAWARE WATER GAP...SKYTOP...CHRISTMANS...TANNERSVILLE...
MOUNTAINHOME...REEDERS...POCONO PINES...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...
ECHO LAKE...MECKESVILLE...ARROWHEAD LAKE AND CANADENSIS.

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4104 7502 4073 7576 4082 7589 4091 7599
      4101 7573 4105 7577 4108 7577 4113 7569
      4112 7564 4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 303DEG 29KT 4149 7558 4121 7633 
$$

MEOLA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem83 min
Jun 21, 3:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren47 min
Jun 21, 4:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon63 min
Jun 21, 6:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean59 min
Jun 21, 6:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean46 min
Jun 21, 6:48 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland58 min
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland54 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean35 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland54 min
Jun 21, 3:40 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICape May24 min
Jun 21, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jun 21, 3:56 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI17 hr
Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean39 min
Jun 21, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jun 21, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Jun 21, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean30 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth46 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer51 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer40 min
Jun 21, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Jun 21, 7:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth4 hr
Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May39 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 21, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware52 min
Jun 21, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's53 min
Jun 21, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot67 min
Jun 21, 2:32 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot28 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot65 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot53 min
Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot54 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's40 min
Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex62 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.