Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 9:12 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berks County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:18 PM EDT | Hail 1 | New Jerusalem, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
402 WUUS1 KPHL 030114 RRA SVRPHL PAC011-030145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 912 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 911 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF OLEY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LANDIS STORE AT 920 PM EDT BOYERTOWN AT 924 PM EDT BECHTELSVILLE AT 924 PM EDT BALLY AT 931 PM EDT HEREFORD AT 936 PM EDT SKYWARN SPOTTER IN PRICETOWN REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL AT 905 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR WHERE 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. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. FRANKLIN/GIGI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 20 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.