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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 90 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
- Aug 1, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
837 WWUS81 KPHI 020200 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1000 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016 PAZ060-020330- BERKS- 1000 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY... AT 1000 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BERNVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MYERSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... READING...WYOMISSING...SINKING SPRING...LAURELDALE...WOMELSDORF... WERNERSVILLE...LEESPORT...BERNVILLE...STRAUSSTOWN...SPRING RIDGE... FAIRVIEW HGTS...WEST LAWN...WEST WYOMISSING...WYOMISSING HILLS AND WHITFIELD. 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 4043 7629 4050 7620 4042 7589 4025 7605 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 319DEG 5KT 4043 7618 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 81 min |
| Aug 1, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 9:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
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.