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 Aug 2, 2017, 1:08 PM EDT for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 2, 2017, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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 2, 1:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Conshohocken, PA | PEA-SIZED HAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
544 WWUS81 KPHI 021708 SPSPHI Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 108 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017 PAZ070-071-104-021745- Eastern Montgomery-Delaware-Philadelphia- 108 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY... NORTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA AND NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES... At 108 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Chestnut Hill, or 7 miles northwest of Philadelphia, moving east at 10 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and small hail are possible with this storm. Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. If you see lightning or hear thunder seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. Locations impacted include... Philadelphia, Norristown, West Norriton, East Norriton, Conshohocken, Ambler, Jenkintown, Narberth, Morris Park, Germantown, Center City, Bryn Mawr, Plymouth Meeting, Kensington, Roxborough, Chestnut Hill, Drexel Hill, King Of Prussia, Radnor Township and Horsham. LAT...LON 3994 7531 4012 7538 4020 7516 3999 7507 TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 255DEG 7KT 4006 7525 $$ Robertson
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 12:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 2:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 3:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Union | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 12:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 1:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 33 min |
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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.