Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2019
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2019, 7:01 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 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 2, 2019, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
736
WWUS81 KPHI 022301
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
701 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019
PAZ054-022330-
Carbon-
701 PM EDT Fri Aug 2 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY...
At 701 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lehighton,
moving north at 10 mph.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Nesquehoning, Weatherly, New
Mahoning, Beltzville State Park, Penn Forest Reservoir, Christmans,
Summit Hill, Bowmanstown, Parryville, Weissport, Weissport East and
Trachsville.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring, 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 4096 7556 4095 7557 4089 7552 4078 7564
4078 7567 4073 7576 4080 7586 4098 7584
4099 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 199DEG 9KT 4080 7571
$$
GorseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 7:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 108 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 34 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.