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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2022, 5:42 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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 7, 2022, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2022, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
648
WWUS81 KPHI 072142
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
542 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022
PAZ055-072230-
Monroe PA-
542 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Monroe
County through 630 PM EDT...
At 542 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Arrowhead Lake, or 9 miles west of Mount Pocono, 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...
Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Pocono Pines, Pocono Raceway, Skytop,
Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Blakeslee, Long Pond,
Paradise Valley, Gouldsboro State Park, Arrowhead Lake, Henryville
and Cresco.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 287 and 298.
Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4113 7507 4103 7554
4112 7564 4123 7554 4122 7551 4123 7551
4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 247DEG 22KT 4117 7552
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 36 hr | |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 51 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.