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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 28, 2016Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 5:28 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2016, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-28Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

378 
WWUS81 KPHI 282128
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
528 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
 
PAZ054-282230-
CARBON-
528 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CARBON COUNTY...

AT 527 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DRUMS TO NEAR GIRARDVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEHIGHTON...PALMERTON...JIM THORPE...NESQUEHONING...WEATHERLY...
CHRISTMANS...NEW MAHONING...PENN FOREST RESERVOIR...BELTZVILLE STATE
PARK...ALBRIGHTSVILLE...LANSFORD...SUMMIT HILL...BOWMANSTOWN...BEAVER
MEADOWS...PARRYVILLE...WEISSPORT...TRESCKOW...WEISSPORT EAST AND
TRACHSVILLE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4111 7562 4097 7555 4095 7557 4083 7548
      4078 7565 4078 7567 4074 7576 4083 7590
      4091 7599 4101 7573 4105 7577 4108 7577
      4113 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 284DEG 22KT 4107 7596 4084 7626 
$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren29 min
Jun 28, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren62 min
Jun 28, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren52 min
Jun 28, 7:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
Jun 28, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe58 min
Jun 28, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINorthampton3 hr
Jun 28, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot40 min
Jun 28, 12:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr

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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.