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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 20, 2021Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 10:27 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 20, 2021, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WWUS81 KPHI 210227
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1027 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

PAZ060-210300-
Berks-
1027 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL BERKS
COUNTY...

At 1027 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Schuylkill Haven to near Bernville.
Movement was northeast at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Hamburg, Leesport, Shoemakersville and Centerport. 

This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 21
and 34.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

LAT...LON 4056 7613 4056 7609 4058 7606 4057 7602
      4060 7600 4062 7600 4064 7598 4046 7586
      4042 7608 4053 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 246DEG 15KT 4060 7617 4048 7608 

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 4:35 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer15 hr
Jun 21, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem48 min
Jun 21, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 21, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren52 min
Jun 21, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem47 min
Jun 21, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Ocean50 min
Jun 20, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISchuylkill33 min
Jun 20, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILebanon35 min
Jun 20, 10:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks86 min
Jun 21, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh52 min
Jun 21, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware54 min
Jun 21, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton43 min
Jun 21, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.