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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 2009Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2009, 6:39 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 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 13, 2009, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 132239
SVRPHI
PAC089-132345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0071.090613T2239Z-090613T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
639 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT POCONO...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 638 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 11 MILES WEST OF GOULDSBORO
  STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES EAST OF WILKES-BARRE...AND MOVING EAST    
  AT   25 MPH. THUNDERSTORM WINDS BROUGHT DOWN WIRES AND TREES IN    
  LUZERNE COUNTY WHEN IT PASSED.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOULDSBORO STATE PARK AROUND 705 PM EDT...
  TOBYHANNA AND POCONO PINES AROUND 710 PM EDT...
  9 MILES NORTH OF LONG POND AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  MOUNT POCONO AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  PARADISE VALLEY...MOUNTAINHOME...CANADENSIS AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  SKYTOP AROUND 730 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4098 7533 4103 7550 4112 7561 4113 7565
      4123 7555 4123 7552 4125 7550 4125 7531
      4125 7524 4125 7523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 289DEG 22KT 4124 7566

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr
Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks2 hr
Jun 13, 2:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton112 min
Jun 13, 2:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery2 hr
Jun 13, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks3 hr
Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia6 hr
Jun 13, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr
Jun 13, 5:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBucks13 hr
Jun 13, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester2 hr
Jun 13, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe61 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.