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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2018Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 3, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2018, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Bucks County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 864 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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527 
WWUS81 KPHI 032030
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
430 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2018

PAZ103>106-032130-
Lower Bucks-Upper Bucks-Eastern Montgomery-Western Montgomery-
430 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND
CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 429 PM EDT, a thunderstorm was located near Lansdale, or 16 miles 
north of Philadelphia, moving east-southeast at 10 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Lansdale, Doylestown, Hatboro, Ambler, Chalfont, Hatfield, Ivyland,
Richboro, Fricks, Gardenville, Willow Grove, Horsham, North Wales,
New Britain, Warminster Heights, Fort Washington, Maple Glen,
Brittany Farms-Highlands, Spring House and Newtown Grant.

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may cause highly 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

LAT...LON 4035 7501 4027 7490 4013 7520 4025 7539
      4030 7528 4040 7509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 255DEG 14KT 4023 7522 

$$

jjm

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIUnion27 min
Jul 3, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris63 min
Jul 3, 3:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris3 hr
Jul 3, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem62 min
Jul 3, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington60 min
Jul 3, 3:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris2 hr
Jul 3, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset56 min
Jul 3, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer53 min
Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset114 min
Jul 3, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
Jul 3, 5:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset4 hr
Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester4 hr
Jul 3, 5:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset2 hr
Jul 3, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester33 min
Jul 3, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min
Jul 3, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester49 min
Jul 3, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden50 min
Jul 3, 6:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden3 hr
Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester44 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Jul 3, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren57 min
Jul 3, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware30 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia60 min
Jul 3, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia50 min
Jul 3, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery54 min
Jul 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia30 min
Jul 3, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester60 min
Jul 3, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia42 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware24 min
Jul 3, 6:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware4 hr
Jul 3, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware55 min
Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware51 min
Jul 3, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware4 hr
Jul 3, 7:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia2 hr
Jul 3, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia21 min
Jul 3, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester25 min
Jul 3, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester51 min
Jul 3, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr

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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.