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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 29, 2007Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2007, 4:07 AM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 29, 2007, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2007, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berks County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 4:10 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Leesport, PAA FEW TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN PENN TOWNSHIP.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2007-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1434 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 2007-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 290807
SVRPHI
PAC011-290900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0155.070729T0807Z-070729T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
407 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 405 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STORM SHOWING SIGNS OF GOING SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED NEAR LEESPORT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTH OF READING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLEETWOOD BY 420 AM EDT...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LENHARTSVILLE BY 425 AM EDT...
  KUTZTOWN BY 435 AM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD.

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 4043 7608 4035 7595 4046 7558 4067 7585

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester2 hr
Jul 29, 9:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton2 hr
Jul 29, 10:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh53 min
Jul 29, 10:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks115 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.