Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 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, 7:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Shartlesville, PA | |
| Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Frystown, 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 WFUS1 KPHL 022227 RRA TORPHL PAC011-022325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 625 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 725 PM EDT * AT 622 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF FRYSTOWN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... STRAUSSTOWN AT 633 PM EDT CENTREPORT AT 645 PM EDT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORMADO WITH THIS STORM IN HUBLEY TOWNSHIP...SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN THIS TORNADO WITH YOUR CAR OR OTHER VEHICLE. ABANDON CARS OR MOBILE HOMES FOR SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...GET IN A CULVERT OR DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IN A HOME OR BUSINESS...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. GIGI/IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 46 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.