Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2004Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2004, 7:13 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2004, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2004, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

554 
WUUS51 KPHI 252313
SVRPHI
PAC011-260015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
713 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF READING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  READING BY 725 PM EDT...
  FLEETWOOD BY 745 PM EDT...
  KUTZTOWN BY 755 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4025 7618 4012 7601 4044 7557 4058 7574

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery85 days
Jun 25, 5:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton85 days
Jun 25, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks61 min
Jun 25, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware85 days

Nearby

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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.