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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2006Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2006, 4:03 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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 28, 2006, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
57 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 28, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 411 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 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 282003
SVRPHI
PAC017-091-282100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0222.060728T2003Z-060728T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
403 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRING MOUNT...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LANSDALE BY 415 PM EDT...
  CHALFONT BY 420 PM EDT...
  IVYLAND BY 430 PM EDT...
  RICHBORO BY 435 PM EDT...
  LANGHORNE AND NEWTOWN BY 440 PM EDT...
  WOODSIDE BY 445 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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 4028 7549 4020 7549 4016 7478 4031 7491

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester65 min
Jul 27, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Montgomery88 min
Jul 28, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia43 min
Jul 28, 12:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jul 28, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks65 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia62 min
Jul 28, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia56 min
Jul 28, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks53 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.