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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2006Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2006, 3:30 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2006, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2006, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
45 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 3:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreen Lane, PASIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE TO TREES REPORTED ON UPPER RIDGE ROAD IN MARLBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 260730
SVRPHI
PAC091-260815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0254.060826T0730Z-060826T0815Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 326 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 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SOUDERTON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF ALLENTOWN...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUDERTON BY 340 AM EDT...
  LANSDALE BY 350 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4039 7545 4028 7563 4018 7547 4015 7511
      4028 7527

$$

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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, 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, 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.