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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 16, 1995Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 2:50 AM EDT for Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1995, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1995, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5864 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
5864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1130 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 160651 RRA
SVRPHL
PAC011-029-160745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...BERKS COUNTY...CHESTER COUNTY
 
AT 245 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND
25 MPH AND IT SHOULD ENTER SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY AND WESTERN
CHESTER COUNTY BY...OR SHORTLY AFTER 300 AM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM
APPROACH...REMAIN INDOORS.
 
IOVINO/MIKETTA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware63 min
Jul 16, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.