Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 2009Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2009, 2:15 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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
May 24, 2009, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2009, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 241815
SVRPHI
PAC089-241900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0029.090524T1815Z-090524T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
  CANADENSIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CANADENSIS...SKYTOP AND MOUNTAINHOME...

LAT...LON 4126 7513 4121 7514 4116 7516 4115 7509
      4113 7507 4111 7505 4106 7507 4116 7538
      4125 7534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 287DEG 19KT 4122 7531

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 241837
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
237 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009

PAC089-241900-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-090524T1900Z/
MONROE PA-
237 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER...
  RURAL EASTERN MONROE COUNTY

LAT...LON 4106 7507 4112 7525 4125 7520 4126 7513
      4121 7514 4116 7516 4115 7509 4111 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 291DEG 17KT 4118 7518

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe107 min
May 24, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton59 min
May 24, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.