Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2017, 3:18 PM EST for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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
- Mar 3, 2017, 3:18 PM EST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2017, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
526
WWUS81 KPHI 032018
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
318 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2017
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-032115-
Sussex-Warren-Lehigh-Monroe-Northampton-Berks-Carbon-
318 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2017
...LOCALIZED SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT SUSSEX...NORTHERN
WARREN...NORTH-CENTRAL BERKS...NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH...CARBON...MONROE
AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
At 312 PM EST, several heavier snow showers were located near
Skytop, Hazleton and Heckscherville in Pennsylvania. Movement was
east at 35 mph.
This squall will be near...
Skytop, Mountainhome and Canadensis around 320 PM EST.
Jim Thorpe around 330 PM EST.
Lehighton around 335 PM EST.
Christmans and Flatbrookville around 340 PM EST.
Palmerton, Hamburg, Beltzville State Park and Penn Forest
Reservoir around 345 PM EST.
Slatington, Walnutport, Lenhartsville, Crandon Lakes, Wanamakers,
Kresgeville, Five Points, Berlinsville and Hainesville around 350
PM EST.
Branchville, Danielsville and Gilbert around 355 PM EST.
Newton, Kunkletown, Pellettown, Rossland, Beersville and New
Tripoli around 400 PM EST.
Visibilities in this squall will drop quickly to a quarter mile or
less in spots for a few minutes. Winds in excess of 40 mph are also
possible. For most locations, snowfall accumulations will be limited
to grassy surfaces. However, local roads in the higher elevations of
the southern Poconos may suddenly become slick with a dusting of
snow.
Use extra caution if traveling into or through this snow squall.
Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads are likely
to lead to accidents.
LAT...LON 4119 7452 4088 7484 4061 7565 4047 7591
4055 7612 4057 7602 4065 7598 4074 7576
4091 7599 4101 7573 4109 7577 4112 7564
4123 7550 4125 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509
4108 7503 4116 7490 4132 7480 4135 7472
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 290DEG 32KT 4128 7524 4097 7596 4074 7630
$$
JRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 4:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 4:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 4:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 36 min |
| Mar 3, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Mercer | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 5:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 6:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 3:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 3:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 33 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2017Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.