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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 19, 2007Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 19, 2007, 8:55 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2007, 9:28 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 200055
SVRPHI
PAC029-200200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0237.071020T0055Z-071020T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 853 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 GLEN ROY...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT VERNON AND OXFORD BY 900 PM EDT...
  HOMEVILLE BY 905 PM EDT...
  COCHRANVILLE BY 910 PM EDT...
  WEST GROVE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARKESBURG BY 915 PM EDT...
  COATESVILLE BY 925 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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.

LAT...LON 3978 7607 3985 7604 3988 7600 3992 7602
      3994 7600 3997 7600 4000 7598 4010 7588
      3981 7572 3972 7606 3972 7608 3976 7609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 240DEG 30KT 3980 7606

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 200128
SVSPHI

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

PAC029-200136-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-071020T0200Z/
CHESTER PA-
926 PM EDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WARNING OF THE EASTERN HALF OF CHESTER 
COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT. 


LAT...LON 3978 7607 3985 7604 3988 7600 3992 7602
      3994 7600 3997 7600 4000 7598 4010 7588
      3981 7572 3972 7606 3972 7608 3976 7609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 240DEG 30KT 3993 7577

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks35 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.