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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 16, 2022Berks County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2022, 1:12 PM EDT for Berks County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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: May 16, 2022, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2022, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

Counties Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 16, 11:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 11:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
112 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

PAZ054-060-061-161815-
Lehigh PA-Berks PA-Carbon PA-
112 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Berks, northwestern
Lehigh and southwestern Carbon Counties through 215 PM EDT...

At 112 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pine Grove to near Wernersville. Movement
was northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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, Reading, Wyomissing, Kutztown, Jim Thorpe, Hamburg,
Fleetwood, Sinking Spring, Laureldale, Nesquehoning, Womelsdorf,
Weatherly, Wernersville, Topton, Robesonia, Leesport,
Shoemakersville, Bernville, Lyons and Strausstown.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 56 and 63.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 14 and 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4054 7617 4058 7606 4057 7602 4065 7598
      4070 7583 4074 7576 4083 7590 4091 7599
      4096 7585 4059 7552 4025 7604 4032 7617
      4052 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 229DEG 31KT 4058 7634 4031 7612

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
May 16, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
May 16, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Gloucester, Mercer	32 min
May 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		96 min
May 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	36 min
May 16, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex	34 min
May 16, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
May 16, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
May 16, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	48 min
May 16, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	43 min
May 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	47 min
May 16, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	21 min
May 16, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	43 min
May 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	53 min
May 16, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	31 min
May 16, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	61 min
May 16, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Talbot	34 min
May 16, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Talbot	40 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.