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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2021Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 8:16 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 min. 8 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 30, 2021, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 30, 8:29 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Richlandtown, PADOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR THATCHER ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 30, 8:29 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw East Rockhill Twp, PADOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR STERNER MILL ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 30, 8:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Kulpsville, PADOWNED TREE ON KRIEBEL ROAD NEAR BUSTARD ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 30, 8:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 W Bedminster, PASEVERAL REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR NORTH RIDGE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 30, 8:39 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene East Rockhill Twp, PADOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR DUBLIN PIKE AND 5TH STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 30, 8:41 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Dublin, PADOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR DUBLIN ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 30, 8:41 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 40Doylestown Airport, PA
Jun 30, 8:56 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Dublin, PAREPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -102 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

017 
WWUS81 KPHI 010016
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
816 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

NJZ009-PAZ060-101-103>106-010100-
Hunterdon-Lower Bucks-Upper Bucks-Eastern Montgomery-Western
Montgomery-Western Chester-Berks-
816 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HUNTERDON...
SOUTHEASTERN BERKS...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN BUCKS AND
NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTIES...

At 815 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Revere to Elverson. Movement was east at
40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Pottstown, Phoenixville, Lansdale, West Norriton, East Norriton,
Quakertown, Perkasie, Doylestown, Byram, Souderton, Bedminster,
Collegeville, Royersford, Flemington, Chalfont, Tinicum, Trappe,
Hatfield, Dublin and Ferndale.

This includes the following highways...
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 297 and 305.
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 25 and 42.
 Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 1.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4057 7512 4049 7480 4011 7542 4012 7591
      4013 7591 4014 7588 4016 7591 4017 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 266DEG 36KT 4051 7513 4016 7586 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer38 min
Jun 30, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jun 30, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset40 min
Jun 30, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem39 min
Jun 30, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth26 min
Jun 30, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 1, 2:58 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Jul 1, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth50 min
Jul 1, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic29 min
Jul 1, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 1, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland29 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI114 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Salem and 1 more48 min
Jul 1, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland, Salem80 min
Jul 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more46 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer28 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more93 min
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMercer, Monmouth, Ocean25 min
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jul 1, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Jul 1, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Montgomery39 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery47 min
Jul 1, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Montgomery77 min
Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia112 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia40 min
Jul 1, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex52 min
Jul 1, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent52 min
Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle94 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex43 min
Jul 1, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Sussex22 min
Jul 1, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex48 min
Jul 1, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot48 min
Jul 1, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.