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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 1994Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 6:22 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1994, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1994, 6:55 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1994-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1816 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 1994-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 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 132231 RRA
SVRPHL
PAC017-091-101-132315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
622 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 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 LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY...EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
   ...NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
 
AT 620 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN BUCKS AND NORTHERN
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES. THIS LARGE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH
AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER
I,NDOORS...BUT DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.  REMEMBER...TORNADOES
CAN OCCUR IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
DCY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Montgomery46 min
Aug 13, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks40 min
Aug 13, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery54 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.