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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 29, 2006Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT for Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 22 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 29, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2006, 7:29 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bucks County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2006-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 292308
SVRPHI
PAC017-101-292345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0099.060629T2307Z-060629T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
707 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 703 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 OVER
  NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA AND NEARBY LOWER BUCKS COUNTY NEAR
  BRISTOL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FEASTERVILLE...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEVITTOWN AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  LANGHORNE BY 745 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.

LAT...LON 4002 7513 3997 7507 4016 7476 4028 7489
      4011 7504 4006 7511

$$

JRP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 292329
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
728 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

PAC017-101-292338-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-060629T2345Z/
PHILADELPHIA PA-BUCKS PA-
728 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND
NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND
AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4002 7513 3997 7507 4016 7476 4028 7489
      4011 7504 4006 7511

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 3:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia27 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.