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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 27, 2022Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2022, 3:08 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2022, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2022, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

362 
WWUS81 KPHI 271908
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
308 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022
 
PAZ054-060>062-271945-
Lehigh PA-Northampton PA-Berks PA-Carbon PA-
308 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Berks,
Lehigh, southeastern Carbon and southwestern Northampton Counties
through 345 PM EDT...

At 308 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Claussville, or 9 miles west of Allentown, moving northeast at 35
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, Emmaus, Northampton, Hellertown,
Palmerton, Slatington, Bath, Walnutport, Topton, Steuben, Neffs,
Coffeetown, Berlinsville, Ancient Oaks, Emerald, Lehigh University,
Claussville and Danielsville.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 51 and 72.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 42 and 72.

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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania.

&&

LAT...LON 4091 7557 4083 7548 4082 7548 4082 7546
      4063 7525 4043 7568 4060 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 226DEG 32KT 4059 7566 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:48 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	25 hr
May 26, 8:50 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	PHI		16 hr
May 27, 12:43 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May	12 hr
May 27, 3:23 AM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more	21 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		44 min
May 27, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	47 min
May 27, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		45 min
May 27, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May	40 min
May 27, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	47 min
May 27, 3:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	32 min
May 27, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	46 min
May 27, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		59 min
May 27, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean	40 min
May 27, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	24 min
May 27, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	33 min
May 27, 3:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	9 min
May 27, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 1 more	27 min
May 27, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	35 min
May 27, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	12 min
May 27, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester	21 min
May 27, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	29 min
May 27, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware	23 min
May 27, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	47 min
May 27, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	30 min
May 27, 2:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent	13 min
May 27, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	35 min
May 27, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	30 min
May 27, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	50 min
May 27, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil	39 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.