Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2009, 5:08 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 19, 2009, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 192108
SVRPHI
PAC025-192215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0210.090819T2108Z-090819T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
508 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEATHERLY...OR 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LEHIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHRISTMANS...JIM THORPE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGHTON AROUND 515
PM EDT...
BELTZVILLE STATE PARK AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALBRIGHTSVILLE AROUND
520 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4103 7557 4083 7559 4077 7574 4084 7594
4089 7599 4093 7597 4095 7588 4098 7584
4100 7575 4103 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 273DEG 60KT 4094 7585
$$
EBERWINE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 192126
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
526 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
PAC025-192215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-090819T2215Z/
CARBON PA-
526 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CARBON COUNTY...
AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JIM THORPE...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTH OF WEISSPORT BY 530 PM EDT...
CHRISTMANS...6 MILES NORTH OF WEISSPORT EAST AND 6 MILES NORTH OF
PARRYVILLE BY 535 PM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF ALBRIGHTSVILLE BY 540 PM EDT...
BELTZVILLE STATE PARK BY 545 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4086 7589 4092 7591 4094 7586 4095 7580
4098 7576 4101 7569 4103 7559 4102 7557
4083 7559 4077 7574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 276DEG 19KT 4092 7573
$$
EBERWINE000
WWUS51 KPHI 192145
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
PAC025-192154-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-090819T2215Z/
CARBON PA-
545 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BUT STILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4086 7589 4092 7591 4094 7586 4095 7580
4098 7576 4101 7569 4103 7559 4102 7557
4083 7559 4077 7574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 276DEG 19KT 4091 7560
$$
EBERWINEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 70 min |
| Aug 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 115 min |
| Aug 19, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 114 min |
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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.