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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2021Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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 11, 2021, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 553 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

723 
WWUS81 KPHI 112058
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
458 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
 
PAZ060-112145-
Berks PA-
458 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Berks
County through 545 PM EDT...

At 458 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pine Grove to Annville. Movement was east
at 15 mph.

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...
Hamburg, Womelsdorf, Robesonia, Bernville and Strausstown. 

This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 10
and 31.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
eastern Pennsylvania.

&&

LAT...LON 4049 7643 4051 7636 4052 7625 4056 7609
      4058 7606 4057 7602 4060 7601 4060 7596
      4030 7613 4036 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 253DEG 12KT 4057 7632 4033 7652 

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

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester43 min
Aug 10, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem42 min
Aug 10, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI79 min
Aug 10, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester2 hr
Aug 10, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland23 min
Aug 11, 2:56 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren12 hr
Aug 11, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex48 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren28 min
Aug 11, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 11, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Salem2 hr
Aug 11, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren41 min
Aug 11, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Aug 11, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Warren3 hr
Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris45 min
Aug 11, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer53 min
Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset48 min
Aug 11, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe44 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Aug 11, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks57 min
Aug 11, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Montgomery44 min
Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery49 min
Aug 11, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton42 min
Aug 10, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle34 min
Aug 10, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot32 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline32 min
Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.