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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2006Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2006, 1:55 AM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 26, 2006, 1:55 AM EDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2006, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 260556
SVRPHI
PAC017-260645-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0251.060826T0555Z-060826T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
155 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT

* AT 153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  DOYLESTOWN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IVYLAND BY 205 AM EDT...
  RICHBORO BY 210 AM EDT...
  NEWTOWN AND FEASTERVILLE BY 215 AM EDT...
  LANGHORNE AND WOODSIDE BY 220 AM EDT...
  LEVITTOWN BY 230 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4042 7516 4027 7528 4009 7490 4017 7477
      4027 7488

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks32 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.