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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 25, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1400 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
229 WWUS81 KPHI 252000 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 400 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 PAZ060-061-252030- BERKS-LEHIGH- 400 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LEHIGH AND NORTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTIES... AT 359 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER KUTZTOWN...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF READING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALLENTOWN...EMMAUS...KUTZTOWN...FLEETWOOD...TOPTON...LYONS... LENHARTSVILLE...CLAUSSVILLE...SCHNECKSVILLE...ANCIENT OAKS... COFFEETOWN...MACUNGIE AND ALBURTIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 4042 7582 4058 7590 4069 7560 4053 7539 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 253DEG 33KT 4052 7577 $$ GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 6:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 8:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jul 25, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 3:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 3:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 4:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 1:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Talbot | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Talbot | 46 min |
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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.