Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2006, 4:34 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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
- Jun 19, 2006, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 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), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Wnw Emmaus, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE |
| Jun 19, 5:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Allentown, PA | ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS 50-55 MPH. DECK UMBRELLAS OVERTURNED. |
| Jun 19, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bath, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR LOWER MOUNT BETHEL TOWNSHIP |
| Jun 19, 5:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Bethlehem, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN AROUND HANOVER TOWNSHIP |
| Jun 19, 5:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Alpha, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN AROUND WESTERN PART OF COUNTY |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 192034 SVRPHI PAC077-095-192130- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0079.060619T2034Z-060619T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 434 PM EDT MON JUN 19 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 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCHNECKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SCHNECKSVILLE BY 445 PM EDT... ALLENTOWN BY 455 PM EDT... NORTHAMPTON BY 500 PM EDT... BATH AND BETHLEHEM BY 510 PM EDT... NAZARETH AND OLD ORCHARD BY 515 PM EDT... EASTON AND BELFAST BY 520 PM EDT... LAT...LON 4068 7588 4051 7564 4063 7519 4088 7526 $$ OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 192109
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
PAC077-095-192130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-060619T2130Z/
LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
506 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON AND EASTERN LEHIGH COUNTIES...
AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ANCIENT OAKS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF ALLENTOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING WINDS
OF 60 MPH AT 7000 FEET WITH THIS STORM.
A SECOND SEVERE STORM IN FAR EASTERN BERKS COUNTY IS ALSO EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF LEHIGH COUNTY BETWEEN
NOW AND 530 PM.
IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
THE FIRST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CATASAUQUA...NORTH CATASAUQUA...COPLAY AND NORTHAMPTON BY 515 PM
EDT...
FOUNTAIN HILL BY 520 PM EDT...
BATH...BETHLEHEM...FREEMANSBURG AND CHAPMAN BY 525 PM EDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4066 7560 4051 7562 4043 7552 4060 7523
4090 7519
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Northampton | 42 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.