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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2018Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 4:48 PM EDT for Lehigh 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: Aug 7, 2018, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2018, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

419 
WWUS81 KPHI 072048
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
448 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018

PAZ054-060-061-072145-
Lehigh-Berks-Carbon-
448 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BERKS...
NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH AND SOUTHWESTERN CARBON COUNTIES...

At 445 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over McKeansburg 
and St. Clair in Schuylkill County, moving east at 25 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Palmerton, Kutztown, Jim Thorpe, Hamburg, Slatington,
Topton, Lyons, Lenhartsville, New Mahoning, Wanamakers, New Tripoli,
Jordan Valley, Emerald, Claussville, Schnecksville, Lansford, Summit
Hill, Bowmanstown and Parryville.

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 7605 4057 7602 4063 7600 4065 7598
      4070 7583 4074 7576 4081 7587 4085 7592
      4084 7560 4044 7566 4056 7609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 281DEG 21KT 4070 7607 

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 12:19 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more	6 hr
Aug 7, 2:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	78 min
Aug 7, 3:31 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more	26 hr
Aug 7, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	48 min
Aug 7, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	53 min
Aug 7, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Sussex	59 min
Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	38 min
Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	61 min
Aug 7, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	58 min
Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	49 min
Aug 7, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	54 min
Aug 7, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	65 min
Aug 7, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	47 min
Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.