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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 1, 2016Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 6:14 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
Aug 1, 2016, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 147 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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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Summit Hill, PA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 2016-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

830 
WWUS81 KPHI 012214
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
614 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016
 
PAZ054-012300-
CARBON-
614 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN NORTHAMPTON...
NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES...

AT 614 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NESQUEHONING...OR NEAR
TAMAQUA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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

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 4096 7555 4095 7557 4083 7548 4078 7562
      4078 7567 4075 7573 4073 7576 4081 7587
      4087 7594 4104 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 312DEG 12KT 4085 7586 
$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 8:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHISomerset4 hr
Jul 31, 8:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris4 hr
Aug 1, 7:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean49 min
Aug 1, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem87 min
Aug 1, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Aug 1, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Aug 1, 5:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland4 hr
Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Aug 1, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem35 min
Jul 31, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks57 min
Jul 31, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh37 min
Aug 1, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe52 min
Aug 1, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon66 min
Aug 1, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh22 min
Aug 1, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil94 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot62 min
Aug 1, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot53 min
Aug 1, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr
Aug 1, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex84 min
Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.