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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2007Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 8:44 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 76 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
Aug 3, 2007, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
76 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 8:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Arlington Heights, PASEVERAL MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 613 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 040049
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-PAC025-089-095-040200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0172.070804T0044Z-070804T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
844 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE       
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  ONE OF THESE       
  STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBRIGHTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES         
  SOUTHEAST OF WILKES-BARRE. ANOTHER WAS JUST NORTHEAST OF           
  ANALOMINK. ALL STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALBRIGHTSVILLE AND LAKE HARMONY BY 850 PM EDT...
  MECKESVILLE AND PENN FOREST RESERVOIR BY 855 PM EDT...
  JONAS BY 900 PM EDT...
  LONG POND BY 905 PM EDT...
  GILBERT BY 910 PM EDT...
  BRODHEADSVILLE BY 915 PM EDT...

* THE OTHER WILL BE NEAR ECHO LAKE AND THEN MOVE EAST INTO
  NEW JERSEY.

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

LAT...LON 4111 7571 4091 7573 4078 7486 4126 7466

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton57 min
Aug 3, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris57 min
Aug 3, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris46 min
Aug 3, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset53 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.