Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 90 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 22, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lykens, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 22, 9:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harper Tavern, PA | TREES DOWN |
| Jun 22, 9:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lebanon, PA | TREES DOWN |
| Jun 22, 10:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Newmanstown, PA | |
| Jun 22, 10:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Reading, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1100 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 230103 SVRPHI PAC011-230230- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0084.060623T0100Z-060623T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 900 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN HALF OF BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 858 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF STRAUSSTOWN... ALONG THE LEBANON AND DAUPHIN COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STRAUSSTOWN AND WOMELSDORF BY 955 PM EDT... BERNVILLE BY 1005 PM EDT... NEAR WERNERSVILLE BY 1010 PM EDT... NEAR HAMBURG BY 1020 PM EDT... LEESPORT BY 1025 PM EDT... NEAR READING AND LENHARTSVILLE BY 1030 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4056 7679 4038 7674 4020 7588 4059 7587 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 230151 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 951 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 PAC011-230230- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-060623T0230Z/ BERKS PA- 951 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR WESTERN BERKS COUNTY... AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STRAUSSTOWN TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOMELSDORF... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WOMELSDORF BY 1000 PM EDT... ROBESONIA AND BERNVILLE BY 1005 PM EDT... WERNERSVILLE...HAMBURG AND CENTERPORT BY 1015 PM EDT... SINKING SPRING...SHOEMAKERSVILLE AND LEESPORT BY 1020 PM EDT... WYOMISSING HILLS BY 1025 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4056 7678 4038 7673 4020 7587 4059 7587 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh | 25 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.