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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 10, 1992Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 7:13 PM EDT for Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1992, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1992, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 7:40 PM EDTHail 1.75Delaware, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1992-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 102316
SVRPHL
PAC045-101-102345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
713 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...DELAWARE COUNTY...PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS DELEWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES PER HOUR...
LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  IF THREATENING WEATHER SUDDENLY
APPROACHES YOU...BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR.
IF CAUGHT OUT ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY BELOW DECK...IF POSSIBLE...AND
AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
 
YOUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery47 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.