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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2022, 9:06 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 5, 2022, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2022, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
567
WWUS81 KPHI 060106
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
906 PM EDT Fri Aug 5 2022
PAZ060-060145-
Berks PA-
906 PM EDT Fri Aug 5 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Berks
County through 945 PM EDT...
At 905 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kleinfeltersville, or 7 miles north of Ephrata, moving northeast at
15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Wyomissing, Sinking Spring, Womelsdorf, Wernersville, Robesonia,
Wyomissing Hills, West Lawn, Whitfield and West Wyomissing.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 7622 4033 7597 4026 7607 4036 7621
4037 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 216DEG 14KT 4028 7619
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 45 min | |
| Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 13 min | |
| Aug 6, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 43 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.