Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 2006Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2006, 4:49 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
May 30, 2006, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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
May 30, 5:00 PM EDTHAIL 1Weatherly, PA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2006-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2006-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-404 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 302049
SVRPHI
PAC025-302145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0043.060530T2049Z-060530T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 445 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 NEAR
  WHITE HAVEN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILKES-BARRE...AND
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE HAVEN BY 505 PM EDT...
  WEATHERLY AND 6 MILES NORTH OF NESQUEHONING BY 545 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4108 7559 4114 7578 4091 7600 4081 7588

$$

OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 302120
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
519 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

PAC025-302145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060530T2145Z/
CARBON PA-
519 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY...

AT 515 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 BEAVER MEADOWS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF 
WILKES-BARRE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 
SMALL HAIL ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE NEAR WHITE HAVEN AROUND 5 
PM. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEAVER MEADOWS BY 530 PM EDT
  TRESCKOW BY 535 PM EDT
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NESQUEHONING BY 540 PM EDT
  LANSFORD BY 545 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4106 7560 4114 7578 4091 7600 4081 7588

$$

OHARA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon119 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.