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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2016Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 10:13 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Albrightsville, PA
Aug 13, 10:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Effort, PASEVERAL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2757 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
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 
$$

MWG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren40 min
Aug 13, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren48 min
Aug 13, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon45 min
Aug 13, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris48 min
Aug 13, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset26 min
Aug 13, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex44 min
Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren45 min
Aug 13, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex37 min
Aug 14, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Aug 14, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren51 min
Aug 14, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren47 min
Aug 13, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery44 min
Aug 13, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton50 min
Aug 13, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Aug 13, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe29 min
Aug 14, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe45 min
Aug 14, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe51 min
Aug 14, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks48 min
Aug 14, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery44 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester49 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.