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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2010Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2010, 6:34 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 19, 2010, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2010, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
Jul 19, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Ambler, PATREE DOWN ON WIRES IN UPPER DUBLIN TWP.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2010-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 775 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 2010-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

446 
WUUS51 KPHI 192234
SVRPHI
PAC017-091-101-192330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0101.100719T2234Z-100719T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
634 PM EDT MON JUL 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM SPRING MOUNT TO COLLEGEVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  19 MILES SOUTH OF ALLENTOWN TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST
  CHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUDERTON...LANSDALE AND HATFIELD AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  FRICKS...CHALFONT AND AMBLER AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  ABINGTON AND WILLOW GROVE AROUND 655 PM EDT...
  GARDENVILLE AND WILLOW GROVE AROUND 700 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES GREATEST KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 7497 4010 7499 4016 7550 4033 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 256DEG 32KT 4032 7543 4014 7539

$$

GORSE
1 follow-up statement
754 
WWUS51 KPHI 192252
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
652 PM EDT MON JUL 19 2010

PAC017-091-101-192330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-100719T2330Z/
PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BUCKS PA-
652 PM EDT MON JUL 19 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BUCKS...CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FRICKS TO FORT WASHINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 21 MILES NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW BRITAIN...MAPLE GLEN...FORT WASHINGTON AND CHALFONT BY 655 PM
  EDT...
  ROBESONIA...ABINGTON...WILLOW GROVE AND WARMINSTER HEIGHTS BY 700
  PM EDT...
  GARDENVILLE AND IVYLAND BY 705 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4034 7542 4040 7497 4010 7499 4015 7542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 256DEG 33KT 4029 7526 4012 7522

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 5:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks60 min
Jul 19, 6:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton56 min
Jul 19, 6:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton62 min
Jul 19, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia59 min
Jul 19, 8:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery56 min
Jul 19, 8:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware58 min
Jul 19, 9:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia53 min
Jul 19, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon51 min
Jul 19, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe54 min
Jul 19, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon36 min
Jul 19, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe49 min
Jul 19, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton51 min
Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery65 min
Jul 19, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester66 min
Jul 19, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia53 min
Jul 19, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton48 min

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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.