Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 19, 2007Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 19, 2007, 8:33 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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
Oct 19, 2007, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2007, 9:08 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 480 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 2007-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 200033
SVRPHI
PAC011-200130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0236.071020T0033Z-071020T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
833 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 832 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 8 MILES WEST OF STRAUSSTOWN...OR
  ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF READING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STRAUSSTOWN BY 845 PM EDT...
  HAMBURG BY 900 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LENHARTSVILLE BY 910 PM EDT...

THIS STORM DID PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE IN LEBANON COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4053 7633 4052 7629 4054 7618 4056 7615
      4058 7609 4059 7607 4059 7603 4064 7601
      4067 7589 4048 7563 4033 7618 4049 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 242DEG 32KT 4050 7633

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 200108
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
908 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

PAC011-200118-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-071020T0130Z/
BERKS PA-
908 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BERKS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.


LAT...LON 4053 7633 4052 7629 4054 7618 4056 7615
      4058 7609 4059 7607 4059 7603 4064 7601
      4067 7589 4048 7563 4033 7618 4049 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 242DEG 32KT 4064 7596

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester33 min
Oct 19, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.