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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2005Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 4:18 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 72 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 1, 2005, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGExton, PALARGE LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S West Chester, PALARGE TREE DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 558 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 012019
SVRPHI
PAC029-012130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0063.050701T2018Z-050701T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
418 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  OXFORD AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE
  LOCATED IN CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY AND THESE ALSO COULD BECOME SEVERE.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST GROVE BY 435 PM EDT
  PARKESBURG BY 440 PM EDT
  COATESVILLE BY 450 PM EDT
  KENNETT SQUARE BY 455 PM EDT
  DOWNINGTOWN BY 510 PM EDT
  WEST CHESTER BY 515 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3985 7612 3971 7596 3988 7560 4002 7549
      4021 7560

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery32 min
Jul 1, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks60 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia61 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.