Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 5:07 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 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, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 142107
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-142200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0065.080614T2107Z-080614T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOUNT POCONO...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND PROBABLY SEVERE STORM WAS APPROACHING
ALBRIGHTSVILLE IN CARBON COUNTY.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNTAINHOME AND PARADISE VALLEY BY 515 PM...
CANADENSIS...ALPINE MOUNTAIN...SKYTOP AND HERNYVILLE BY 520 PM...
ALPINE MOUNTAIN AND 8 MILES NORTH OF ANALOMINK BY 525 PM...
7 MILES NORTH OF ECHO LAKE BY 550 PM...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
LAT...LON 4125 7513 4116 7515 4115 7509 4109 7503
4110 7498 4107 7498 4105 7502 4092 7563
4102 7563 4125 7548 4125 7530 4126 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 270DEG 17KT 4116 7533
$$
TFG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 142143
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
542 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
PAC025-089-142200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080614T2200Z/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
542 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR MONROE AND EAST CENTRAL CARBON COUNTIES...
AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED ANOTHER LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOBYHANNA...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SCRANTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTH OF SCOTRUN BY 550 PM EDT...
CANADENSIS...SKYTOP...MOUNTAINHOME AND PARADISE VALLEY BY 555 PM
EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4125 7513 4116 7515 4115 7509 4109 7503
4110 7499 4107 7498 4105 7502 4092 7563
4103 7563 4125 7548 4125 7530 4126 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 256DEG 33KT 4117 7543
$$
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, 4:26 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, 5:18 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.