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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 10, 2001Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2001, 4:53 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 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 10, 2001, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2001, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ESnydersville, 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 10, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2001-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2001-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 102054
SVRPHI

PAC025-089-102145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 13 MILES WEST OF POCONO PINES...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POCONO PINES AT 505 PM.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR 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 900 PM TUESDAY 
EVENING.

$$

LAT...LON 4120 7566 4108 7580 4088 7547 4110 7536

GSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton35 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton45 min
Jul 10, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh48 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.