Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2006Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2006, 6:13 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 30, 2006, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1235 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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 302214
SVRPHI
PAC089-302245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0105.060630T2213Z-060630T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAINHOME AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH. 

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
LAT...LON 4110 7499 4110 7499 4125 7514 4116 7517
      4115 7510 4108 7503 4108 7498 4103 7506
      4119 7534 4124 7530 4125 7512

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 302236
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
633 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

PAC089-302245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-060630T2245Z/
MONROE PA-
633 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
 
AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD BRODHEADSVILLE.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE FIRST SEVERE WAS ABOUT
TO ENTER SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER, PLEASE HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery42 min
Jun 29, 9:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks96 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.