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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 25, 2006Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2006, 10:43 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2006, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2006, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
32 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), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 10:44 PM EDTHAIL 0.753 Nw Birdsboro, PAPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF BIRDSBORO.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2006-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 979 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 2006-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
979 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 260242
SVRPHI
PAC011-260315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0244.060826T0243Z-060826T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1043 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1040 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
  READING...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BIRDSBORO BY 1050 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4047 7589 4032 7601 4016 7588 4026 7573
      4044 7555

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery40 min
Aug 25, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery47 min
Aug 25, 11:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware52 min
Aug 26, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia45 min
Aug 26, 1:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks50 min
Aug 26, 2:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh48 min
Aug 26, 3:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh55 min
Aug 26, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery45 min
Aug 26, 4:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia49 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.