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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 8, 1996Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 5:10 PM EST for Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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
Nov 8, 1996, 5:10 PM EST (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1996, 6:00 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 5:55 PM ESTThunderstorm WindPen Argyl, 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.

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 082210 RRA
SVRPHL
PAC095-082300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 PM EST FRI NOV 8 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  PENNSYLVANIA

   ...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
 
AT 506 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER
RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS OVER NORTHERN LEHIGH COUNTY MOVING
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS...
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM ARPT... NORTH CATASAUGUA... BETHLEHEM...
FREEMANSBURG... NORTHAMPTON... BATH... CHAPMAN... NAZARETH... WEST
EASTON... SLATEFIELD... POINT PHILLIP... EASTON... WILSON...
STOCKERTOWN... TATAMY... WIND GAP... MARTINS CREEK... PEN ARGYL AND
BANGOR.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN WHITEHALL TWP IN LEHIGH COUNTY
WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW.  AFTER THE
STORM HAS PASSED...REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN HOUR...
DIME S.IZE HAIL OR LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE
LATEST STORM INFORMATION.
 
AMC/TFG
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks62 min
Nov 8, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh36 min
Nov 8, 3:49 PM ESTTornado WarningPHIMonroe46 min
Nov 8, 4:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester64 min
Nov 8, 4:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Montgomery38 min
Nov 8, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh35 min
Nov 8, 4:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon4 hr
Nov 8, 6:10 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonroe5 hr
Nov 8, 6:10 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.