Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2007, 2:19 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 min. 6 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
- Aug 17, 2007, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carbon County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Jim Thorpe, PA | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TREES DOWN AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS SOME ROADS IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Jim Thorpe, PA | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED CARS AND PUNCHED HOLES IN THE SIDING OF SOME BUILDINGS. |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Nesquehoning, PA | HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED AT THE 911 CENTER IN NESQUEHONING. THE HAIL WAS COVERING THE PARKING LOT AND DAMAGED CARS. |
| Aug 17, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jim Thorpe, PA | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN JIM THORPE. AT THE TIME OF REPORT, HALF INCH HAIL WAS FALLING. |
| Aug 17, 2:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Lehighton, PA | THUNDERSTORM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 70 MPH IN LEHIGHTON WITH A ROTATING WALL CLOUD REPORTED. TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Aug 17, 2:42 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Lehighton, PA | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LEIGHTON. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KPHI 171819
TORPHI
PAC025-171845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0004.070817T1819Z-070817T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
219 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
NESQUEHONING...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF WILKES-BARRE...MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LEHIGHTON BY 225 PM EDT...
BELTZVILLE STATE PARK BY 230 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4094 7592 4086 7552 4075 7576 4081 7590
4085 7594 4087 7596 4088 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 291DEG 57KT 4085 7582
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 72 min |
| Aug 17, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 68 min |
| Aug 17, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 70 min |
| Aug 17, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 79 min |
| Aug 17, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Carbon, Northampton | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 19 min |
| Aug 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 19 min |
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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.