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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Dec 2, 2021, 8:19 PM EST for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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
- Dec 2, 2021, 8:19 PM EST (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2021, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
099
WWUS81 KPHI 030119
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
819 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
PAZ054-055-030200-
Monroe PA-Carbon PA-
819 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
...Strong showers with embedded thunderstorms will impact portions
of central Carbon and southwestern Monroe Counties through 900 PM
EST...
At 817 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Bear Creek to near East Berwick. Movement
was east at 45 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...
Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, Brodheadsville, Lake Harmony, Blakeslee, Penn
Forest Reservoir, Albrightsville, Christmans, Sun Valley, Jonas,
Meckesville, Beaver Meadows, Effort, Merwinsburg and Tresckow.
This includes the following highways...
Northeast Extension between mile markers 81 and 97.
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 277 and 288.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4112 7565 4112 7564 4093 7531 4087 7595
4091 7599 4098 7582 4101 7573 4103 7574
4105 7577 4109 7577 4111 7571 4113 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 287DEG 41KT 4115 7576 4109 7622
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
StaarmannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 8:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 45 min |
| Dec 2, 8:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 42 min |
| Dec 2, 9:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 43 min |
| Dec 2, 10:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 46 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.