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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 14, 2006Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 2006, 5:28 AM EST for Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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
Jan 14, 2006, 5:28 AM EST (10:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2006, 6:15 AM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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
Jan 14, 5:35 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGNazareth, PAWIRES DOWN IN NAZARETH BOROUGH.

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
Jan 14, 2:46 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 141029
SVRPHI
PAC077-095-141115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0004.060114T1028Z-060114T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
528 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM

* UNTIL 615 AM EST

* AT 526 AM EST...LEHIGH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
  DOWNED TREES IN THE COUNTY, THIS THUNDERSTORM IS STILL
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHAMPTON AND OLD ORCHARD BY 535 AM EST
  BATH AND NAZARETH BY 540 AM EST
  BELFAST BY 545 AM EST
  WIND GAP BY 550 AM EST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS 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 9 AM.

LAT...LON 4054 7560 4048 7538 4083 7513 4087 7539

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 4:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more37 hr
Jan 14, 3:35 PM ESTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPHICarbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Philadelphia18 hr

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.