Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2005, 12:02 AM EDT for Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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 15, 2005, 12:02 AM EDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2005, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 150402 SVRPHI NJC007-015-PAC045-101-150445- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0146.050815T0402Z-050815T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1202 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN NORTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 1158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DREXEL HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOLCROFT...EAST LANSDOWNE...GIBBSTOWN...YEADON...WOODBURY... GLOUCESTER CITY...BELLMAWR...TURNERSVILLE...MAGNOLIA...CHERRY HILL AND LINDENWOLD. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4003 7538 3983 7540 3968 7495 3991 7495 $$ OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 150425 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1225 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 NJC007-015-PAC045-101-150445- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-050815T0445Z/ CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA- 1225 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA...EASTERN DELAWARE...NORTHERN GLOUCESTER AND WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES... AT 1223 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLINGSWOOD...OR ABOUT NEAR CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TURNERSVILLE...HADDONFIELD...MAGNOLIA...LAWNSIDE...TAVISTOCK... SOMERDALE...HI-NELLA...STRATFORD...CHERRY HILL...LAUREL SPRINGS... LINDENWOLD...CLEMENTON...PINE HILL...GIBBSBORO AND PINE VALLEY. LAT...LON 4003 7538 3983 7540 3968 7495 3991 7495 $$ OHARA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.