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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 11, 2001Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2001, 5:20 AM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 11, 2001, 5:20 AM EDT (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2001, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 5:31 AM EDTHail 0.75Albrightsville, PA
Jul 11, 5:45 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EEffort, 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
Jul 11, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2001-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 569 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2001-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 110921
SVRPHI

PAC025-089-111000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
520 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.   
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT.

* AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 14 MILES NORTH OF WHITE HAVEN...MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WHITE HAVEN...
  POCONO PINES...
  MOUNTAINHOME...
  MOUNT POCONO...

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND 0MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

$$

LAT...LON 4134 7574 4101 7608 4100 7520 4135 7509

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 6:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe44 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.