Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2006Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 10:16 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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 22, 2006, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
59 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCoatesville, PANUMEROUS WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 1030 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1909 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 230217
SVRPHI
PAC029-230315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0085.060623T0216Z-060623T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1016 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 1015 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 9 MILES WEST OF HONEY BROOK...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM DOWNED TREES AND WIRES IN
  SPRING AND HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIPS. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HONEY BROOK BY 1030 PM EDT...
  PARKESBURG BY 1035 PM EDT...
  COATESVILLE BY 1040 PM EDT...
  DOWNINGTOWN BY 1050 PM EDT...
  NEAR LIONVILLE BY 1055 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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4018 7609 4000 7622 3977 7578 4011 7555

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks90 min
Jun 22, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks37 min
Jun 22, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery38 min
Jun 22, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh25 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.