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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 2, 2023Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2023, 3:55 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 2, 2023, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2023, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.50 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 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 11:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:14 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:34 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
334 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023

NJZ001-022015-
Sussex NJ-
334 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Sussex
County through 415 PM EDT...

At 334 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Matamoras, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Montague, Hamburg, Sussex, Branchville, High Point, Pellettown,
Crandon Lakes, Highland Lake, Vernon Valley and Hainesville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4125 7446 4117 7445 4111 7484 4123 7487
      4129 7483 4135 7475 4136 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 348DEG 19KT 4135 7468

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Wunderlin

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
355 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023

PAZ055-022030-
Monroe PA-
355 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Monroe
County through 430 PM EDT...

At 354 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Skytop, or 7 miles northeast of Mount Pocono, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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, Henryville, Paradise Valley, Analomink,
Gouldsboro State Park, Skytop, Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine
Mountain and Cresco.

This includes Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 5
and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4117 7515 4115 7515 4115 7513 4101 7515
      4121 7555 4123 7554 4122 7551 4123 7551
      4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 018DEG 17KT 4121 7527

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Wunderlin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 3:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		66 hr
Jun 2, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	33 min
Jun 2, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	26 min
Jun 2, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	41 min
Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	PHI	Cape May	11 hr
Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more	35 hr
Jun 2, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	42 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	34 min
Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer	42 min
Jun 2, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		30 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	50 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	40 min
Jun 2, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks	37 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	31 min
Jun 2, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe, Northampton	31 min
Jun 2, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	36 min
Jun 2, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	28 min
Jun 2, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	28 min
Jun 2, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware	48 min
Jun 2, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent	67 min

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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.