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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 2006Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2006, 9:41 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 9, 2006, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2006, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2006-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 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 2006-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 100141
SVRPHI
PAC011-100230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0146.060710T0141Z-060710T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
941 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KUTZTOWN...FLEETWOOD

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SHOEMAKERSVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR HAMBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLEETWOOD BY 950 PM EDT...
  KUTZTOWN BY 1000 PM EDT...
  TOPTON BY 1010 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4049 7608 4038 7590 4049 7566 4063 7585

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon82 min
Jul 9, 9:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHILehigh3 hr
Jul 9, 9:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHINorthampton3 hr
Jul 9, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton59 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.