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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 10:27 PM EDT for Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 8, 2021, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
579
WWUS81 KPHI 090227
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1027 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NJZ007-PAZ061-062-090300-
Warren NJ-Lehigh PA-Northampton PA-
1027 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Warren,
eastern Lehigh and central Northampton Counties through 1100 PM
EDT...
At 1027 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Steuben, or near Easton, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Northampton, Wilson, Nazareth,
Bangor, Pen Argyl, Bath, Harmony, Alpha, Belfast, West Easton,
Tatamy, East Bangor, Steuben, Glendon, Lehigh University and Roxburg.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 72 and 76.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 1, and near
mile marker 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
northwestern New Jersey...and eastern Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4060 7539 4067 7548 4090 7522 4071 7498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 230DEG 20KT 4068 7533
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 11:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Sep 9, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 min | |
| Sep 9, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 3:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 3:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland | 112 min |
| Sep 9, 4:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 58 min |
| Sep 8, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 4:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 1:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 62 min |
| Sep 9, 5:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 3 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.