Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2006Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2006, 9:32 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 7, 2006, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2006, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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
Aug 7, 9:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAmbler, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN BETWEEN MONTGOMERYVILLE AND AMBLER.

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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
1786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 080132
SVRPHI
PAC091-080215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0233.060808T0132Z-060808T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
932 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 931 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
  LANSDALE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMBLER AND PLYMOUTH MEETING BY 940 PM EDT...
  WILLOW GROVE BY 955 PM EDT...
  ROCKLEDGE BY 1000 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND 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 4015 7505 4013 7504 4005 7512 4008 7517
      4008 7521 4010 7523 4008 7525 4007 7525
      4021 7544 4031 7532

$$

OHARA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.