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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 28, 2016Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton 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, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.

481 
WWUS81 KPHI 282213
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
 
NJZ007-PAZ062-282315-
WARREN-NORTHAMPTON-
613 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WARREN...EASTERN NORTHAMPTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BELFAST...OR 7 MILES
NORTH OF EASTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...FORKS...WILSON...WASHINGTON...BLAIRSTOWN...NAZARETH...
BANGOR...PEN ARGYL...WIND GAP...BELVIDERE...HARMONY...OXFORD...
ALPHA...HOPE...BELFAST...WEST EASTON...TATAMY...EAST BANGOR...
DELAWARE WATER GAP AND GLENDON.

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4091 7478 4061 7522 4080 7543 4084 7537
      4086 7529 4090 7523 4091 7524 4093 7522
      4095 7515 4097 7512 4097 7514 4099 7513
      4104 7503 4108 7499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 242DEG 14KT 4080 7521 
$$

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, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren52 min
Jun 28, 7:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
Jun 28, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon62 min
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

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2016Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.