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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 2011Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2011, 4:35 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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 7, 2011, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGExton, PATREES REPORTED DOWN IN WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP.
Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Goshen Twp, PASEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2011-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 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 2011-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

643 
WUUS51 KPHI 072035
SVRPHI
PAC029-072130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0152.110707T2035Z-110707T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
435 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  WEST OF HONEY BROOK...OR 13 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HONEY BROOK AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  ELVERSON AROUND 510 PM EDT...
  GLENMOORE AROUND 520 PM EDT...
  CHESTER SPRINGS...LIONVILLE...PUGHTOWN AND 7 MILES NORTH OF
  DOWNINGTOWN AROUND 530 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4003 7595 4011 7595 4018 7582 4019 7557
      4012 7551 4007 7540 4000 7545 4000 7546
      3999 7545 3997 7551 4000 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 266DEG 17KT 4009 7605

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
534 
WWUS51 KPHI 072119
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
519 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

PAC029-072130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-110707T2130Z/
CHESTER PA-
519 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MALVERN...OR NEAR WEST CHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 
MPH. THIS STORM DOWNED TREES IN WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY AT 530 PM EDT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4003 7564 4008 7562 4015 7553 4012 7551
      4007 7540 4000 7545 4000 7546 3999 7545
      3997 7551 3999 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 320DEG 10KT 3999 7552

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia93 min
Jul 7, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh55 min
Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe53 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe64 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia63 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.