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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 9:32 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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
- May 26, 2021, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
694
WWUS81 KPHI 270132
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
932 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
PAZ054-060>062-270215-
Lehigh-Northampton-Berks-Carbon-
932 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL BERKS...NORTHERN
LEHIGH...CARBON AND WEST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
At 932 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Tuscarora, or
near Tamaqua, moving east at 40 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Bethlehem, Northampton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Hamburg,
Slatington, Nesquehoning, Weatherly, Walnutport, New Mahoning, Neffs,
Coffeetown, New Tripoli, Berlinsville, Emerald, Danielsville,
Wanamakers, Beltzville State Park and Penn Forest Reservoir.
This includes Northeast Extension between mile markers 60 and 88.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4063 7600 4065 7598 4070 7583 4074 7576
4081 7587 4088 7596 4102 7558 4096 7555
4095 7557 4088 7552 4065 7541 4057 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 254DEG 34KT 4076 7600
$$
MeolaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 39 min |
| May 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| May 26, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 40 min |
| May 26, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 50 min |
| May 26, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 40 min |
| May 26, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| May 27, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 23 min | |
| May 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 hr |
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.