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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2019, 8:11 PM EDT for Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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
- Sep 28, 2019, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2019, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Lebanon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 7:38 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 8:09 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 809 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2019 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027- PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-300015- New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Cecil-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot- Caroline-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex- Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden- Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May- Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton- Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester- Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks- 809 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, northern Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, central New Jersey, northern New Jersey, northwest New Jersey, southern New Jersey, east central Pennsylvania, northeast Pennsylvania and southeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-300015- Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 809 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Delaware, central New Jersey and southern New Jersey. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. An enhanced risk of rip currents will likely continue for much of the upcoming week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures. ANZ430-431-450>455-300015- Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm- 809 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and Delaware Bay Waters. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 8:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
811 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2019
PAZ060-290115-
Berks-
811 PM EDT Sat Sep 28 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY...
At 811 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Pine Grove, or
12 miles northwest of Myerstown, moving east at 20 mph.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Womelsdorf, Bernville and Strausstown.
This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 10
and 29.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4049 7643 4052 7635 4052 7625 4054 7618
4054 7617 4055 7615 4058 7605 4057 7602
4059 7601 4060 7599 4033 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 278DEG 19KT 4052 7646
JEOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:06 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 5 days |
| Sep 28, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 49 min |
| Sep 28, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 41 min |
| Sep 29, 3:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Sep 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 23 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 36 hr | |
| Sep 28, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Sep 28, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 39 min |
| Sep 28, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 47 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.