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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 10, 2021Delaware County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2021, 2:35 AM EDT for Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 10, 2021, 2:35 AM EDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2021, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WWUS81 KPHI 100635
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
235 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021

PAZ070-071-102-104-100715-
Eastern Montgomery-Delaware-Eastern Chester-Philadelphia-
235 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...EAST
CENTRAL CHESTER...WEST CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA AND CENTRAL DELAWARE
COUNTIES...

At 235 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Gradyville, or
near West Chester, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, West Chester, Norristown, West Norriton, East Norriton,
Westtown, Conshohocken, Narberth, Cheyney, Morris Park, Bryn Mawr,
Lima, Trout Lake, Radnor Township, Gradyville, Broomall, Newtown
Square, Roxborough, Concordville and King Of Prussia.

This includes the following highways...
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 326 and 333.
 Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 327 and 341.
 Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 4 and 19.

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

LAT...LON 3985 7552 3995 7562 4015 7533 4001 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 232DEG 18KT 3995 7550 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 3:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Apr 10, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester46 min
Apr 10, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester48 min
Apr 10, 4:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI3 days
Apr 10, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester56 min
Apr 10, 2:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester41 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.