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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 6, 2005Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 8:08 PM EST for Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2005, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 9:15 PM EST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 6, 8:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw West Chester, PALIMBS AND WIRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2005-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 2005-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 070108
SVRPHI
PAC029-091-070215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0155.051107T0108Z-051107T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 804 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 NEAR PHOENIXVILLE...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF READING...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORRISTOWN AND PLYMOUTH MEETING BY 815 PM EST
  LANSDALE...AMBLER AND SOUDERTON BY 820 PM EST

LAT...LON 4017 7577 3976 7607 3987 7568 4006 7544
      4005 7527 4020 7514 4035 7539 4039 7552

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 070147
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
846 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

PAC029-070156-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-051107T0215Z/
CHESTER PA-
846 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHESTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4020 7552 4016 7549 4012 7543 4009 7536
      4005 7527 4020 7514 4024 7521 4022 7537

$$

PAC091-070215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-051107T0215Z/
MONTGOMERY PA-
846 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 843 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF 
PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4020 7552 4016 7549 4012 7543 4009 7536
      4005 7527 4020 7514 4024 7521 4022 7537

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Northampton60 min
Nov 6, 8:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.