Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 6:57 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min. 8 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 10, 2008, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 N Saylorsburg, PA | WIRES DOWN IN BARTONSVILLE. |
| Jun 10, 7:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Brodheadsville, PA | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN BROADHEADSVILLE. |
| Jun 10, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 N Saylorsburg, PA | WIRES DOWN IN BARTONSVILLE. |
| Jun 10, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Saylorsburg, PA | WIRES DOWN IN SAYLORSBURG |
| Jun 10, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saylorsburg, PA | WIRES DOWN IN SAYLORSBURG |
| Jun 10, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stroudsburg, PA | WIRES DOWN IN STROUDSBURG |
| Jun 10, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw East Stroudsburg, PA | TREES DOWN IN SMITHFIELD TWP IN MARSHALLS CREEK |
| Jun 10, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Brodheadsville, PA | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN BROADHEADSVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 102258
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-095-110015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0056.080610T2257Z-080611T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
657 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BERLINSVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BEERSVILLE BY 705 PM...
DANIELSVILLE BY 710 PM...
ROSSLAND BY 740 PM...
GILBERT BY 745 PM...
BRODHEADSVILLE BY 750 PM...
SAYLORSBURG BY 755 PM...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4109 7523 4083 7510 4066 7547 4071 7552
4075 7556 4074 7559 4082 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 219DEG 14KT 4075 7554
$$
GORSE1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 102345
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
742 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
PAC025-089-095-102352-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080611T0015Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
742 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN
CARBON AND NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EVEN THOUGH THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4109 7523 4083 7510 4066 7547 4071 7552
4075 7556 4074 7559 4082 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 219DEG 14KT 4089 7539
$$
ROBERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 77 min |
| Jun 10, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.