Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 4:26 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 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), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 142026
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-095-142130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0064.080614T2026Z-080614T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
426 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
EAST CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DANIELSVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GILBERT BY 440 PM...
ROSSLAND AND BRODHEADSVILLE BY 445 PM...
SAYLORSBURG BY 500 PM...
WIND GAP BY 505 PM...
6 MILES NORTH OF BELFAST AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF STORMVILLE BY 510
PM...
EAST BANGOR BY 520 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.
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 4109 7510 4099 7513 4098 7514 4096 7513
4074 7520 4080 7559 4090 7559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 270DEG 17KT 4087 7554
$$
TFG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 142053
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
PAC025-142103-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080614T2130Z/
CARBON PA-
453 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4099 7513 4098 7514 4096 7514 4074 7520
4082 7545 4094 7548 4109 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 270DEG 17KT 4087 7537
$$
PAC089-095-142130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080614T2130Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-MONROE PA-
453 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN MONROE AND NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO ABOUT 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ROSSLAND...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF BETHLEHEM...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SAYLORSBURG BY 500 PM EDT...
WIND GAP BY 505 PM EDT...
PEN ARGYL AND 6 MILES NORTH OF BELFAST BY 510 PM EDT...
ROSETO AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF STORMVILLE BY 515 PM EDT...
BANGOR BY 520 PM EDT...
EAST BANGOR BY 525 PM EDT...
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 4099 7513 4098 7514 4096 7514 4074 7520
4082 7545 4094 7548 4109 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 270DEG 17KT 4087 7537
$$
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, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 58 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.