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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 1, 2006Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 5:55 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 1, 2006, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG10 S Kenilworth, PATREES DOWN IN SOUTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2006-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 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 2006-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 012156
SVRPHI
PAC029-012300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0050.060601T2155Z-060601T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
555 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST GOSHEN...WEST CHESTER...
  THORNDALE...STOWE...PAOLI...LIONVILLE-MARCHWOOD...KENNETT SQUARE...
  DOWNINGTOWN...COATESVILLE

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENILWORTH
  TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKESBURG AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH POTTSTOWN BY 600 PM EDT...
  KENILWORTH AND COATESVILLE BY 605 PM EDT...
  THORNDALE BY 615 PM EDT...
  WEST GROVE BY 620 PM EDT...
  LIONVILLE-MARCHWOOD AND DOWNINGTOWN BY 625 PM EDT...
  TOUGHKENAMON AND EXTON BY 635 PM EDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4014 7591 3976 7610 3985 7561 4005 7544
      4025 7567

$$

OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 012232
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
631 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

PAC029-012300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060601T2300Z/
CHESTER PA-
631 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  ONE STORM IS 
LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
PHOENIXVILLE.  ANOTHER LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF THE 
COUNTY NEAR ATLGLEN.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.


LAT...LON 4014 7591 3976 7610 3985 7561 4005 7544
      4025 7567

$$

ROBERTSON/HELMETAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon36 min
Jun 1, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe30 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon116 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks42 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery49 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks63 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery47 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.