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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2018Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton 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
Aug 3, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2018, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2018-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1132 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 2018-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

980 
WWUS81 KPHI 032045
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
445 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018

NJZ007-009-PAZ055-061-062-032145-
Hunterdon-Warren-Lehigh-Monroe-Northampton-
445 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL HUNTERDON...
WESTERN WARREN...EAST CENTRAL LEHIGH...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 444 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bath, or 7
miles west of Easton, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Northampton, East Stroudsburg,
Wilson, Washington, Nazareth, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Bath,
Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Alpha, Belfast, Hampton and West Easton.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, 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 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4058 7540 4073 7552 4104 7511 4074 7486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 240DEG 14KT 4071 7536 

$$

Meola

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset25 min
Aug 2, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Somerset55 min
Aug 3, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Aug 3, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May43 min
Aug 3, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester38 min
Aug 3, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland21 min
Aug 3, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon44 min
Aug 3, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer46 min
Aug 3, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset48 min
Aug 3, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren63 min
Aug 3, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset30 min
Aug 3, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex38 min
Aug 3, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI20 min
Aug 3, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem57 min
Aug 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem59 min
Aug 3, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean50 min
Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester63 min
Aug 3, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren113 min
Aug 3, 7:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Aug 3, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton63 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia60 min
Aug 3, 7:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh4 hr
Aug 3, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.