Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 20094 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 7:20 AM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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 9, 2009, 7:20 AM EDT (11:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2009, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 245 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 091120
SVRPHI
PAC029-045-091-101-091215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0052.090609T1120Z-090609T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
720 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST CHESTER...
  NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 815 AM EDT

* AT 717 AM 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
  PAOLI...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST CHESTER...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAOLI AROUND 725 AM EDT...
  VALLEY FORGE AROUND 730 AM EDT...
  NEWTOWN SQUARE AROUND 740 AM EDT...
  RADNOR TOWNSHIP...KING OF PRUSSIA AND BROOMALL AROUND 745 AM EDT...
  BRYN MAWR AND TROUT LAKE AROUND 750 AM EDT...
  MORRIS PARK AND PLYMOUTH MEETING AROUND 800 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4019 7513 3989 7517 3988 7567 4012 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 270DEG 19KT 4004 7555

$$

JRP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 091144
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
744 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

PAC029-045-091-101-091215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-090609T1215Z/
DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
744 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...EAST CENTRAL CHESTER...WESTERN
PHILADELPHIA AND NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

AT 744 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RADNOR TOWNSHIP...OR 13 MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BROOMALL BY 750 AM EDT...
  BRYN MAWR...WEST CONSHOHOCKEN...ARDMORE AND CONSHOHOCKEN BY 755 AM
  EDT...
  NARBERTH AND PENN WYNNE BY 800 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 3990 7558 4011 7552 4019 7513 3989 7517
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 270DEG 19KT 4004 7538

$$

JRP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:17 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Jun 9, 5:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks67 min
Jun 9, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia60 min
Jun 9, 8:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia54 min
Jun 9, 8:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 9, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks3 hr
Jun 9, 9:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester105 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIDelaware, Philadelphia5 hr
Jun 9, 2:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester3 hr
Jun 9, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery66 min
Jun 9, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester32 min
Jun 9, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester28 min
Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester46 min
Jun 9, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester61 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.