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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 8, 2021Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 619 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 2021-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren29 min
Sep 8, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren47 min
Sep 8, 10:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren6 hr
Sep 8, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren34 min
Sep 8, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren48 min
Sep 8, 11:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex4 hr
Sep 9, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset, Warren23 min
Sep 9, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Sep 9, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris30 min
Sep 9, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI52 min
Sep 9, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean28 min
Sep 9, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic29 min
Sep 9, 3:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic31 min
Sep 9, 3:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland112 min
Sep 9, 4:28 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Sep 8, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton28 min
Sep 8, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh48 min
Sep 8, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks52 min
Sep 8, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton44 min
Sep 8, 9:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton7 hr
Sep 8, 9:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr
Sep 8, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks49 min
Sep 8, 10:23 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks22 min
Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe3 hr
Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton58 min
Sep 8, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery40 min
Sep 9, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia37 min
Sep 9, 4:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton3 hr
Sep 9, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle32 min
Sep 9, 1:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle62 min
Sep 9, 5:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex3 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.