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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 31, 2007Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2007, 5:43 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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
May 31, 2007, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2007, 6:23 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 6:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Brodheadsville, PA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2007-05-31Temperature 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 2007-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 312144
SVRPHI
PAC089-312230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0030.070531T2143Z-070531T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
543 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR BRODHEADSVILLE... OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
  BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING OVER RURAL SOUTHERN MONROE
  COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4099 7540 4093 7547 4083 7540 4087 7530
      4094 7520

$$

JRP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 312205
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
604 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

PAC089-312230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070531T2230Z/
MONROE PA-
604 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL 
AS WELL AS LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRODHEADSVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 
MILES NORTH OF BETHLEHEM...DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4099 7540 4093 7547 4083 7540 4087 7530
      4094 7520

$$

JRP
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 312223
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
620 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

PAC089-312230-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070531T2230Z/
MONROE PA-
620 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT FOR 
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER, HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...SOME 
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL OCCUR OVER FAR 
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM.

LAT...LON 4099 7540 4093 7547 4083 7540 4087 7530
      4094 7520

$$

JRP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonroe2 hr
May 31, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.