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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2021Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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: Aug 26, 2021, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 26, 5:46 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Pocono Pines, PA	DOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR TANGLEWOOD DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 26, 5:46 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Tobyhanna, PA	TREE DOWN INTO A HOUSE RESULTING IN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON PROSPECT AVENUE FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND DISPATCH REPORT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WWUS81 KPHI 262129
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
529 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021
 
PAZ055-262200-
Monroe PA-
529 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Monroe
County through 600 PM EDT...

At 529 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pocono Pines, or near Mount Pocono, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Reeders, Henryville, Pocono Pines, Pocono
Raceway, McMichael, Tannersville, Alpine Mountain, Scotrun, Long
Pond, Paradise Valley, Cresco and Bartonsville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 290 and 305.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 7558 4120 7548 4114 7516 4092 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 301DEG 8KT 4109 7544 

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

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 3:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 8 more	48 hr
Aug 26, 4:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Ocean	3 hr
Aug 26, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	31 min
Aug 26, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	40 min
Aug 26, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	28 min
Aug 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	25 min
Aug 26, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	31 min
Aug 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	51 min
Aug 26, 6:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon	3 hr
Aug 26, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Philadelphia	34 min
Aug 26, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon	2 hr
Aug 26, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.