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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 2007Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 7:34 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min. 3 reports 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 19, 2007, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Berks County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 7:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 Nw Reading, PATREES REPORTED DOWN IN CENTRE AND JEFFERSON TOWNSHIPS.
Jun 19, 7:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 E Reading, PATREES REPORTED DOWN IN MANATAWNY, CENTRE TOWNSHIP, AND JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
Jun 19, 8:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 E Reading, PATREES REPORTED DOWN IN MANATAWNY 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 19, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2007-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 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 2007-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 192334
SVRPHI
PAC011-200015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0079.070619T2334Z-070620T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
734 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BERNVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF READING...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEESPORT BY 740 PM EDT...
  HAMBURG BY 750 PM EDT...
  LENHARTSVILLE AND FLEETWOOD BY 755 PM EDT...
  KUTZTOWN BY 805 PM EDT...

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 4047 7623 4015 7590 4044 7554 4068 7590

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe62 min
Jun 19, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester63 min

Nearby

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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.