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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 6, 2005Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 6:04 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
Nov 6, 2005, 6:04 PM EST (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 7:00 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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
Nov 6, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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 062305
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-070000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0152.051106T2304Z-051107T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
604 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF WHITE HAVEN...
  OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILKES-BARRE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH. IT WAS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS MOVING EAST. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE HAVEN BY 625 PM EST
  POCONO PINES BY 645 PM EST
  MOUNT POCONO BY 650 PM EST
  MOUNTAINHOME BY 700 PM EST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4107 7627 4090 7621 4111 7499 4137 7508

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 6:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.