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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2001Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 1:09 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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
Jul 1, 2001, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2001, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 1:23 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ELong Pond, 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 1, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

411 
WUUS51 KPHI 011709
SVRPHI
PAC089-011745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
109 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT.

* AT 106 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POCONO PINES...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POCONO PINES AT 115 PM.
  MOUNT POCONO AT 120 PM.
  EAST STROUDSBURG AT 135 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO OCCUR.

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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks52 min
Jul 1, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon25 min
Jul 1, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks64 min
Jul 1, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh42 min
Jul 1, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Northampton61 min
Jul 1, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton39 min
Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Montgomery40 min
Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks45 min
Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery45 min
Jul 1, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.