Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 1996, 3:49 PM EST for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1996, 4:35 PM EST
- In force
- 46 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 20:52 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado F1 | Kunkletown, PA | |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Extreme Southwest, PA | |
| Nov 8, 4:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Eastern, 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 082050 RRA TORPHL PAC089-082135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 349 PM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 435 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...MONROE COUNTY AT 347 PM EST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER RADAR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KUNKLETOWN MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS TORNADO MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... KUNKLETOWN... KRESGEVILLE... GILBERT AND BOSSARDSVILLE. 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 SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...VERY 0HEAVY RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Nov 8, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 64 min |
| Nov 8, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Nov 8, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 4:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 50 min |
| Nov 8, 6:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 5 hr |
| Nov 8, 6:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.