Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2016, 9:28 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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 13, 2016, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 10:13 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Albrightsville, PA | |
| Aug 13, 10:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Effort, PA | SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED ABOVE 60 MPH. |
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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 2757 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KPHI 140128
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
928 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
PAZ054-055-140215-
CARBON-MONROE-
928 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
CARBON COUNTIES...
AT 928 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE ARIEL TO NEAR MCADOO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEHIGHTON...MOUNT POCONO...TOBYHANNA...JIM THORPE...NESQUEHONING...
WEATHERLY...SKYTOP...CHRISTMANS...SCOTRUN...MOUNTAINHOME...
POCONO PINES...LONG POND...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...MCMICHAEL...
MECKESVILLE...ARROWHEAD LAKE...BLAKESLEE...NEW MAHONING...
CANADENSIS AND PENN FOREST RESERVOIR.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...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 4116 7515 4074 7575 4081 7587 4091 7599
4101 7573 4103 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577
4113 7569 4112 7564 4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 334DEG 20KT 4148 7537 4086 7602
$$
MWGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 1:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 10:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 49 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.