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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 10, 2009Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2009, 6:02 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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 10, 2009, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 6:10 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Womelsdorf, PAPENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN WOMELSDORF.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2009-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 2009-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 102202
SVRPHI
PAC011-102300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0065.090610T2202Z-090610T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF READING...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 601 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOMELSDORF...OR 18 MILES WEST OF READING...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOMELSDORF AROUND 625 PM EDT...
  STRAUSSTOWN AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  BERNVILLE...7 MILES NORTH OF WERNERSVILLE AND 8 MILES WEST OF
  LEESPORT AROUND 700 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4054 7618 4061 7590 4033 7575 4022 7602
      4030 7614 4036 7621 4036 7623 4038 7626
      4051 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 255DEG 7KT 4040 7626

$$

EBERWINE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 102225
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
625 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

PAC011-102300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090610T2300Z/
BERKS PA-
625 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY...

AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOMELSDORF...OR 16 MILES WEST OF 
READING...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED PENNY TO NICKEL 
SIZED HAIL IN WOMELSDORF AT 0610 PM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROBESONIA BY 640 PM EDT...
  STRAUSSTOWN BY 645 PM EDT...
  BERNVILLE...7 MILES NORTH OF WERNERSVILLE...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CENTERPORT AND 8 MILES WEST OF LEESPORT BY 700 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4047 7625 4054 7611 4055 7597 4039 7581
      4022 7602 4030 7614 4036 7621 4036 7623
      4038 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 255DEG 7KT 4041 7621

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks47 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.