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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 2009Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2009, 3:38 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 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 29, 2009, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2009, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-283 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 291938
SVRPHI
PAC029-292045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0036.090529T1938Z-090529T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
338 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 336 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 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HOMEVILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LANCASTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOMEVILLE...MOUNT VERNON AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLEN ROY BY 400
  PM EDT...
  COCHRANVILLE AND OXFORD BY 410 PM EDT...
  WEST GROVE BY 425 PM EDT...
  KEMBLESVILLE BY 430 PM EDT...
  LADENBERG BY 435 PM EDT...
  KENNETT SQUARE BY 440 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 7607 3985 7603 3987 7601 3992 7601
      3993 7600 3990 7561 3982 7569 3979 7574
      3972 7579 3973 7610 3974 7612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 294DEG 20KT 3992 7614

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester62 min
May 29, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia42 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.