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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2022, 4:02 PM EDT for Lehigh 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, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
310
WWUS81 KPHI 092002
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
402 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022
PAZ061-092030-
Lehigh PA-
402 PM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lehigh
County through 430 PM EDT...
At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
New Tripoli, or 12 miles south of Lehighton, moving east 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...
Allentown, Northampton, Jordan Valley, Ancient Oaks, Neffs,
Schnecksville, Coffeetown, New Tripoli, Claussville, Coplay, Macungie
and Alburtis.
This includes the following highways...
Northeast Extension between mile markers 55 and 67.
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 46 and 55.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4072 7576 4073 7557 4072 7555 4074 7554
4074 7553 4068 7550 4050 7557 4062 7580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 286DEG 13KT 4065 7573
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, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 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.