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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 29, 2006Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2006, 2:53 PM EDT for Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 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 29, 2006, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2006, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 29, 3:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPottsgrove, PAWIRES REPORTED DOWN IN LOWER POTTSGROVE.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 29, 1:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2006-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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 2006-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 291854
SVRPHI
PAC029-091-291945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0261.060829T1853Z-060829T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
253 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 252 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 10
  MILES WEST OF POTTSTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER
  RADAR WAS INDICATING 60 TO 70 MPH OF WIND WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM
  ALOFT.  

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POTTSTOWN BY 320 PM EDT...
  PHOENIXVILLE BY 345 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING WILL OCCUR.


LAT...LON 4028 7554 4023 7551 4017 7551 3999 7555
      4009 7575 4017 7580 4018 7580 4025 7569
      4029 7567

$$
 
TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 291904
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
303 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

PAC029-091-291945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-060829T1945Z/
CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
303 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NOW INCLUDES ALL OF CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KENILWORTH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A SECOND SEVERE STORM HAS FORMED JUST NORTHWEST OF OXFORD AND SHOWS
SOME ROTATION WITH IT ALOFT. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST AND PASS NEAR
WEST GROVE ABOUT 330 PM.
 
THE NORTHERN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KENILWORTH...SOUTH POTTSTOWN...POTTSTOWN AND STOWE BY 345 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THE OXFORD
STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4027 7554 4022 7551 4016 7551 3998 7555
      3975 7578 3974 7607 4016 7580 4017 7580
      4024 7569 4028 7567

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks61 min
Aug 29, 2:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks3 hr
Aug 29, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia68 min
Aug 29, 3:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester3 hr
Aug 29, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery3 hr
Aug 29, 4:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia3 hr
Aug 29, 5:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks2 hr

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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.