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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 16, 1998Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 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 16, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 10:20 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 9:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 55Stroudsburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1998-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 236 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1998-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

833 
WUUS1 KPHL 170130 RRA
SVRPHL
PAC089-170220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
929 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1020 PM EDT

* AT 928 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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.

AC/JM

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.