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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2005Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2005, 9:58 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 14, 2005, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2005, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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
Aug 14, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2485 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1376 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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 150158
SVRPHI
PAC091-150230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0141.050815T0158Z-050815T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
958 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 957 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST
  GREENVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST GREENVILLE AND SPRING MOUNT BY 1010 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4042 7554 4026 7565 4026 7526 4038 7545

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton44 min
Aug 14, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton28 min
Aug 14, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks38 min
Aug 14, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks32 min
Aug 14, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks46 min
Aug 14, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery39 min
Aug 14, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester52 min
Aug 15, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia43 min

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.