Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 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
- May 3, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
207
WUUS51 KPHI 040015
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-040045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0039.110504T0015Z-110504T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 812 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 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE HAVEN TO 15 MILES WEST OF NEW
MAHONING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WILKES-BARRE TO 20 MILES WEST OF LEHIGHTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NEW MAHONING AROUND 830 PM EDT...
WHITE HAVEN...WEATHERLY AND NESQUEHONING AROUND 835 PM EDT...
JIM THORPE AROUND 840 PM EDT...
BLAKESLEE...CHRISTMANS...LAKE HARMONY AND ALBRIGHTSVILLE AROUND 845
PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...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 MAY OCCUR 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7554 4096 7556 4077 7582 4082 7591
4091 7600 4095 7588 4098 7584 4100 7575
4103 7576 4105 7578 4110 7577 4114 7570
4113 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 235DEG 36KT 4118 7587 4079 7607
$$
DRAG1 follow-up statement
081
WWUS51 KPHI 040030
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
830 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
PAC025-089-040045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110504T0045Z/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
830 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES...
AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF EAST SIDE TO LANSFORD...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 13 MILES
WEST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST
STORMS IN LUZERNE COUNTY APPEAR LIKELY TO GRAZE THE NORTHERN
BOUNDARY OF CARBON COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF MONROE COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WHITE HAVEN...WEATHERLY...NESQUEHONING AND EAST SIDE BY 835 PM
EDT...
JIM THORPE BY 840 PM EDT...
BLAKESLEE...CHRISTMANS...LAKE HARMONY AND 6 MILES WEST OF
ALBRIGHTSVILLE BY 845 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR
WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF
NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7554 4096 7556 4077 7582 4082 7591
4091 7600 4095 7588 4098 7584 4100 7575
4103 7576 4105 7578 4110 7577 4114 7570
4113 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 235DEG 36KT 4125 7574 4086 7594
$$
DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 39 min |
| May 3, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 58 min |
| May 3, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Montgomery, Northampton | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.