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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 9, 2001Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 8:09 PM EDT for Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 9, 2001, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2001, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ECountywide, PA
Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ECountywide, 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
Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester43 min
Apr 9, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks36 min
Apr 9, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.