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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2001Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 1:20 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2001, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2001, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 239 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.

768 
WUUS51 KPHI 011720
SVRPHI
PAC025-011745-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT.

* AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... OVER CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN
 HALF OF THE COUNTY BY 145 PM. 

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.