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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 17, 1996Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 12:53 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1996, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1996, 1:20 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 171653
SVRPHL
PAC089-171720-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1253 PM EDT MON JUN 17 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 120 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  PENNSYLVANIA

   ...NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1250 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY AROUND
PARADISE VALLEY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL
CROSS ROUTE 47 AROUND 100 PM.

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.

IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING...CONTACT 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 SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
 
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 FLOOD
WATERS...ABANDON YOUR CAR QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

CHJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester48 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.