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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 9, 2021Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 9, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

645 
WWUS81 KPHI 092224
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
624 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
PAZ061-092300-
Lehigh PA-
624 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lehigh
County through 700 PM EDT...

At 624 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Claussville, or near Allentown. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Bethlehem, Emmaus, Northampton, Neffs, Coffeetown, Ancient
Oaks, Schnecksville, Claussville, Catasauqua, Coplay, Macungie, North
Catasauqua, Alburtis, Fullerton and Hokendauqua.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 52 and 64.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 45 and 60.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4072 7558 4069 7550 4066 7548 4067 7545
      4064 7540 4063 7539 4062 7539 4047 7556
      4059 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 314DEG 1KT 4061 7560 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more	12 hr
Aug 9, 4:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	104 min
Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	30 min
Aug 9, 5:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	82 min
Aug 9, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	35 min
Aug 9, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	38 min
Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Delaware	85 min
Aug 9, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Philadelphia	26 min
Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Montgomery	70 min
Aug 9, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	26 min
Aug 9, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	31 min
Aug 9, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	50 min
Aug 9, 2:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	3 hr
Aug 9, 3:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	2 hr
Aug 9, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent	40 min
Aug 9, 4:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Kent	79 min
Aug 9, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent	20 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.