Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 8, 2007Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 9:57 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 8, 2007, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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
Jun 8, 10:29 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 Nw Boyertown, PAWIRES DOWN IN OLEY TOWNSHIP.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2007-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1775 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 2007-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 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 090157
SVRPHI
PAC011-090245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0049.070609T0157Z-070609T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
957 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 955 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 WOMELSDORF...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES WEST OF READING...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  READING BY 1015 PM EDT...
  BIRDSBORO BY 1025 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4047 7561 4047 7558 4044 7553 4025 7570
      4023 7573 4022 7601 4037 7621 4038 7625
      4039 7625

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 090218
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1017 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

PAC011-090245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070609T0245Z/
BERKS PA-
1017 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WYOMISSING AND 
READING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. LAWRENCE AND LORANE BY 1025 PM EDT...
  BECHTELSVILLE AND BOYERTOWN BY 1040 PM EDT...
  BALLY BY 1045 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4047 7561 4047 7558 4044 7553 4025 7570
      4023 7573 4022 7601 4037 7621 4038 7625
      4039 7625

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester46 min
Jun 8, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery42 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.