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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 2007Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 11:50 PM EDT for Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2007, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 12:01 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne New Holland, PATREES DOWN ON WIRES. HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2007-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1609 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 2007-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
1609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 200351
SVRPHI
PAC011-029-200445-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0084.070620T0350Z-070620T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1150 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1148 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 8 MILES WEST OF HONEY BROOK...OR
  ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HONEY BROOK BY MIDNIGHT EDT...
  ELVERSON BY 1215 AM EDT...
  BIRDSBORO BY 1220 AM 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4020 7611 3986 7599 4010 7549 4025 7569
      4038 7578

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton59 min
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

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.