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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2007Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 1:12 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 12, 2007, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 1:38 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 121712
SVRPHI
PAC077-121800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0060.070612T1712Z-070612T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
112 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SCHNECKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN...AND   
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES WEST OF ANCIENT OAKS BY 140 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4069 7551 4077 7568 4065 7585 4048 7555

$$

JRP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 121738
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
136 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

PAC077-121746-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-070612T1800Z/
LEHIGH PA-
136 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

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

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORMED RAPIDLY AROUND 1:10 PM WEAKENED JUST 
AS RAPIDLY. THERE ARE STILL SOME LIGHT SHOWERS AND PERHAPS SOME 
RESIDUAL THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OVER WESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY WHICH IS 
LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2:00 PM.

LAT...LON 4069 7551 4077 7568 4065 7585 4048 7555

$$

JRP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe64 min
Jun 12, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks42 min
Jun 12, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Northampton30 min
Jun 12, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia30 min
Jun 12, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks35 min
Jun 12, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia42 min
Jun 12, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia40 min
Jun 12, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery3 hr
Jun 12, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks37 min
Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks119 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.