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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2022Monroe County, Pennsylvania

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex23 min
Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI36 hr
Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon44 min
Aug 7, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton42 min
Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton51 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.