Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 9:38 AM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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
- May 26, 2006, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2006, 10:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:45 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Schnecksville, PA | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SCHNECKSVILLE, ALONG THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE PA TURNPIKE. |
| May 26, 9:45 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 S Schnecksville, PA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 261338 SVRPHI PAC077-261415- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0035.060526T1338Z-060526T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 938 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN * UNTIL 1015 AM EDT * AT 933 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHNECKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN BY 945 AM 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 4068 7584 4053 7565 4057 7540 4075 7559 $$ MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 261404 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1004 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 PAC077-261414- /O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-060526T1415Z/ LEHIGH PA- 1004 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEHIGH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AS OF 10 AM EDT, THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF LEHIGH COUNTY. LAT...LON 4068 7584 4053 7565 4057 7540 4075 7559 $$ MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.