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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 1994Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1994, 6:27 PM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1994, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
48 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, 10.5 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 1994-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1191 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 1994-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 022231 RRA
SVRPHL
PAC017-022315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
627 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MERGING OVER BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA NEAR LEVITTOWN.  MERGING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OFTEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER SHOULD
DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR.
 
HEAVY RAINS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND UNDERPASSES VERY QUICKLY.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER
THAN YOU THINK.  IF CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS...ABANDON YOUR CAR
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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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.