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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 27, 1994Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 4:18 PM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Bucks County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -206 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-191 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 272031 RRA
SVRPHL
PAC017-272100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
418 PM EDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...BUCKS COUNTY
 
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS ABOUT TO ENTER BUCKS COUNTY NEAR PERKASIE.
MOVEMENT WAS EASTNORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES PER HOUR...
LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  IF THREATENING WEATHER SUDDENLY
APPROACHES YOU...HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.