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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2022, 3:02 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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 9, 2022, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2022, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385
WWUS81 KPHI 091902
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
302 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022
PAZ060-091930-
Berks PA-
302 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Berks
County through 330 PM EDT...
At 302 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Shoemakersville, or 11 miles southeast of Schuylkill Haven, moving
east at 20 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...
Hamburg, Fleetwood, Laureldale, Leesport, Shoemakersville, Bernville,
Lenhartsville, Fairview Hgts and Centerport.
This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 23
and 40.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7613 4056 7609 4058 7606 4058 7604
4057 7602 4060 7601 4061 7581 4036 7583
4040 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 272DEG 19KT 4050 7604
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 9, 10:04 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 27 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.