Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Weatherly, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 119 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.