Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 3:02 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2008, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 141902
SVRPHI
PAC089-142000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0063.080614T1902Z-080614T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO ABOUT 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PARADISE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 8 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
AFFECT EASTERN MONROE COUNTY AT 320 PM
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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE SAME AREA.
IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER, HEAD INDOORS. DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4118 7515 4116 7515 4115 7509 4112 7506
4104 7509 4106 7538 4124 7533 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 263DEG 7KT 4114 7524
$$
TFG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 141925
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
PAC089-142000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080614T2000Z/
MONROE PA-
324 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALPINE MOUNTAIN...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 8 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EASTERN PRICE AND NORTHERN MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP AT 340 PM EDT
IF ON OR NEAR ANY LAKES...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.
DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM
FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY IN THIS AREA, DO NOT DRIVE AROUND
BARRICADES OR FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4116 7515 4115 7509 4112 7506 4109 7508
4105 7527 4124 7526 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 263DEG 7KT 4114 7518
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 4:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 75 min |
| Jun 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 70 min |
| Jun 14, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia | 79 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.