Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 4:49 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 16, 2008, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 5:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 16, 5:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Gouldsboro, PA | |
| Jun 16, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Albrightsville, PA | 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED ALONG WITH PEA SIZED HAIL. |
| Jun 16, 5:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Blakeslee, PA | PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BLAKESLEE. ALSO, 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED. |
| Jun 16, 5:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Reeders, PA | PENNY SIZE HAIL IN SCOTRUN |
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 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 162050
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-162200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0080.080616T2049Z-080616T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SKYTOP TO 30
MILES WEST OF WEATHERLY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GOULDSBORO STATE PARK BY 525 PM...
WHITE HAVEN BY 530 PM...
BLAKESLEE AND TOBYHANNA BY 540 PM...
SKYTOP BY 545 PM...
LAKE HARMONY...CANADENSIS AND POCONO PINES BY 550 PM...
WEATHERLY AND NESQUEHONING BY 555 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...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4116 7515 4115 7510 4113 7506 4111 7506
4101 7520 4081 7585 4082 7591 4091 7600
4100 7576 4102 7575 4105 7579 4110 7577
4114 7570 4113 7564 4121 7558 4125 7550
4126 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 274DEG 23KT 4156 7498 4096 7638
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 162134
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
533 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
PAC025-089-162200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080616T2200Z/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
533 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR MONROE AND CENTRAL CARBON COUNTIES...
AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF SKYTOP
TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANSFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
TOBYHANNA BY 540 PM EDT...
SKYTOP BY 545 PM EDT...
SUMMIT HILL...LANSFORD...CANADENSIS AND POCONO PINES BY 550 PM
EDT...
MOUNT POCONO...NESQUEHONING AND MOUNTAINHOME BY 555 PM EDT...
POCONO RACEWAY BY 600 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4116 7515 4113 7507 4111 7506 4101 7520
4081 7585 4082 7591 4093 7586 4094 7576
4099 7570 4101 7565 4109 7553 4117 7544
4126 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 274DEG 23KT 4154 7460 4094 7601
$$000
WWUS51 KPHI 162141
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
540 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
PAC025-089-162150-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080616T2200Z/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
540 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE AND CENTRAL CARBON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CARBON AND MONROE
COUNTIES WEAKENED, AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
HOWEVER, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4116 7515 4113 7507 4111 7506 4101 7520
4081 7585 4082 7591 4093 7586 4094 7576
4099 7570 4101 7565 4109 7553 4117 7544
4126 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 274DEG 23KT 4153 7455 4094 7595
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 19 min |
| Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 34 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.