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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 4, 2021Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2021, 1:07 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2021, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 1:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Bossardsville, PADOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR GOODALE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 1:34 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Stroudsburg, PASEVERAL REPORTS OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IN THE STROUDSBURG AND EAST STROUDSBURG AREAS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 1:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDelaware Water Gap, PAREPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE AND WIRES DOWN NEAR DELAWARE WATER GAP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

153 
WWUS81 KPHI 041707
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
107 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-041745-
Sussex-Warren-Lehigh-Monroe-Northampton-Carbon-
107 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SUSSEX...
NORTHERN WARREN...NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH...CARBON...MONROE AND NORTHERN
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 107 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near White Haven,
or 12 miles north of Lehighton, moving east at 60 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Newton, Lehighton, Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna,
Blairstown, Palmerton, Bangor, Jim Thorpe, Slatington, Pen Argyl,
Nesquehoning, Wind Gap, Weatherly, Walnutport, East Bangor,
Branchville, Stormville, Werry Lake and Pocono Pines.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 69 and 97.
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 277 and 314.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 11.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 12.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4109 7464 4083 7517 4072 7578 4074 7576
      4091 7600 4101 7573 4105 7577 4109 7577
      4113 7569 4112 7564 4122 7554 4123 7551
      4125 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503
      4116 7490 4129 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 253DEG 52KT 4101 7573 

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean19 min
Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth30 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth10 min
Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren97 min
Jun 4, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren41 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren62 min
Jun 4, 2:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren70 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more98 min
Jun 4, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer42 min
Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset67 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer44 min
Jun 4, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester40 min
Jun 4, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean52 min
Jun 4, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jun 4, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 4, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean18 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jun 4, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic42 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland48 min
Jun 4, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 4, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh28 min
Jun 4, 1:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh2 hr
Jun 4, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery21 min
Jun 4, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery51 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks48 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia46 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.