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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 6, 2005New Castle County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 8:25 PM EST for New Castle County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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, 8:25 PM EST (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 9:12 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties New Castle County, DE, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 070125
SVRPHI
DEC003-PAC045-101-070230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0156.051107T0125Z-051107T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 822 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 11 MILES WEST OF TALLEYVILLE...
  OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF NEWARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLEYVILLE BY 830 PM EST
  SWARTHMORE...NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP...CHESTER AND LIMA BY 840
  PM EST
  FOLCROFT...EAST LANSDOWNE...DREXEL HILL AND BROOMALL BY 845 PM EST
  YEADON BY 850 PM EST

LAT...LON 3994 7549 3970 7579 3981 7538 4009 7499

$$

MPD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 070155
SVSPHI

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

DEC003-PAC045-070204-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-051107T0230Z/
NEW CASTLE DE-DELAWARE PA-
854 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DELAWARE AND NEW CASTLE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4002 7518 3996 7522 4006 7519 4009 7499

$$

PAC101-070230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-051107T0230Z/
PHILADELPHIA PA-
854 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST 
FOR PHILADELPHIA COUNTY...

AT 852 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 OVER CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA 
COUNTY...OR ABOUT NEAR PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4002 7518 3996 7522 4006 7519 4009 7499

$$

MPD
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 070212
SVSPHI

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

PAC101-070221-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-051107T0230Z/
PHILADELPHIA PA-
911 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...


LAT...LON 4002 7518 3996 7522 4006 7519 4009 7499

$$

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, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 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.