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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 2007Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 8:01 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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 19, 2007, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 8:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalmer Heights, PALARGE TREES DOWN

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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-06-20Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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 200003
SVRPHI
PAC077-095-200100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0081.070620T0001Z-070620T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 800 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 8 MILES
  WEST OF SCHNECKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ALLENTOWN...AND
  MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCHNECKSVILLE BY 815 PM EDT...
  NORTHAMPTON BY 830 PM EDT...
  BATH BY 845 PM EDT...
  BELFAST AND NAZARETH BY 855 PM EDT...
  WIND GAP AND 8 MILES NORTH OF EASTON BY 900 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 4069 7589 4056 7573 4067 7518 4089 7524

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Montgomery57 min
Jun 19, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks56 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks4 hr
Jun 19, 11:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery4 hr
Jun 19, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester55 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.