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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Feb 14, 2025, 3:22 AM EST for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 14, 2025, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2025, 3:45 AM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 110 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Feb 14, 2:57 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 2:57 AM EST, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 14, 3:03 AM EST, 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 303 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025 PAZ060-101>104-140830- Eastern Montgomery-Western Montgomery-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Berks- 303 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BERKS...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTIES... At 300 AM EST, a snow squall was located over the Birdsboro area, or 7 miles southeast of Reading, moving southeast at 30 mph. This will produce a quick burst of snow and a coating of snow, potentially resulting in hazardous conditions for a time. Locations impacted include... Reading, West Chester, Norristown, Pottstown, Phoenixville, Lansdale, West Norriton, East Norriton, Wyomissing, Downingtown, Birdsboro, Collegeville, Royersford, Sinking Spring, Laureldale, Trappe, Hatfield, Wernersville, Schwenksville, and Elverson. This includes the following highways... Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 298 and 328. Northeast Extension between mile markers 23 and 34. Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 327. Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 1 and 11. Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility and slick roads are likely. LAT...LON 4033 7611 4046 7575 4023 7517 3993 7560 TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 306DEG 25KT 4028 7580 Gorse
Special weather statement, Feb 14, 3:22 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
322 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025
PAZ061-140845-
Lehigh-
322 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT LEHIGH COUNTY...
At 320 AM EST, a snow squall was located over the New Tripoli area,
or 12 miles south of Lehighton, moving southeast at 25 mph. This
will produce a quick burst of snow and a coating of snow,
potentially resulting in hazardous conditions for a time.
Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Bethlehem, Emmaus, Neffs, Wanamakers, Coffeetown, New
Tripoli, Zionsville, Jordan Valley, Ancient Oaks, Schnecksville,
Claussville, Catasauqua, Fountain Hill, Coplay, Macungie, North
Catasauqua, Coopersburg, Alburtis, and Fullerton.
This includes the following highways...
Northeast Extension between mile markers 46 and 67.
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 45 and 63.
Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snow
squall. Rapid changes in visibility and slick roads are likely.
LAT...LON 4068 7589 4070 7583 4076 7572 4071 7558
4061 7539 4059 7539 4058 7541 4054 7533
4042 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 299DEG 23KT 4065 7573
GorseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2:45 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 15 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 57 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:43 AM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:16 PM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 27 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:16 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 39 hr | |
| Feb 14, 3:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Feb 14, 3:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Feb 14, 3:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 29 min |
| Feb 14, 3:55 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh | 35 min |
| Feb 14, 4:28 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 47 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.