Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 10:23 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2006, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 230225 SVRPHI PAC011-230300- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0086.060623T0223Z-060623T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1023 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 1019 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 NEAR READING...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM DOWNED TREES AND WIRES IN SOUTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF FLEETWOOD BY 1030 PM EDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF BIRDSBORO BY 1040 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 ALL THE WAY WEST TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4052 7598 4039 7609 4017 7587 4045 7556 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 90 min |
| Jun 22, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 59 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.