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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 29, 2006Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2006, 9:33 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 29, 2006, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2006, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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
Jun 29, 9:38 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Feasterville-Trevose, PAPENNY SIZED HAIL IN TREVOSE

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 674 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 300133
SVRPHI
PAC017-091-300215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0100.060630T0133Z-060630T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
933 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  FEASTERVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FEASTERVILLE BY 940 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF RICHBORO BY 945 PM EDT...
  LANGHORNE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTOWN BY 950 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 4018 7515 4009 7507 4014 7502 4017 7484
      4027 7497

$$

JRP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks96 min
Jun 30, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe32 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.