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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 29, 2021Pike County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2021, 11:25 PM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 29, 2021, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Pike County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

227 
WWUS81 KPHI 300325
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1125 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

NJZ001-PAZ055-300400-
Sussex-Monroe-
1125 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX AND
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 1124 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Greeley to Greentown to Old Forge.
Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Montague, Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, High Point, Skytop, Mountainhome,
Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Paradise Valley, Gouldsboro State Park,
Arrowhead Lake, Hainesville and Cresco.

This includes Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 4
and 13.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4129 7454 4109 7499 4111 7503 4109 7504
      4109 7500 4108 7503 4115 7560 4116 7560
      4123 7554 4125 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509
      4111 7501 4112 7495 4116 7490 4127 7484
      4135 7475 4136 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 320DEG 24KT 4143 7502 4129 7532 4136 7577 

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MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean57 min
Jul 29, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIOcean27 min
Jul 29, 8:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Jul 29, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean51 min
Jul 29, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonmouth19 min
Jul 29, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean3 hr
Jul 29, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr

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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.