Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 2:02 PM EDT for Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 min. 5 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
- May 26, 2012, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:06 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Delaware Water Gap, PA | |
| May 26, 2:06 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| May 26, 2:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mount Bethel, PA | PENNY SIZE HAIL IN MOUNT BETHEL. |
| May 26, 2:16 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | East Stroudsburg, PA | |
| May 26, 2:16 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | East Stroudsburg, PA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988
WUUS51 KPHI 261802
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC089-095-261900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0013.120526T1802Z-120526T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
202 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DELAWARE WATER GAP...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT POCONO...AND
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES WEST OF BLAIRSTOWN AROUND 220 PM EDT...
COLUMBIA AROUND 230 PM EDT...
EAST BANGOR AND 6 MILES EAST OF BANGOR AROUND 240 PM EDT...
7 MILES WEST OF HOPE AROUND 250 PM EDT...
BELVIDERE AROUND 300 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE 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...FREQUENT 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.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4109 7503 4109 7502 4088 7484 4079 7522
4107 7527 4114 7507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 342DEG 9KT 4099 7514
$$
GORSE2 follow-up statements
397
WWUS51 KPHI 261813
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
213 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
NJC041-PAC089-095-261900-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120526T1900Z/
WARREN NJ-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
213 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHERN
WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DELAWARE WATER GAP...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT POCONO...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
AT 206 PM, A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN DELAWARE
WATER GAP. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGER HAIL, UP
TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLUMBIA BY 220 PM EDT...
PORTLAND BY 225 PM EDT...
EAST BANGOR...7 MILES EAST OF BANGOR AND 7 MILES EAST OF ROSETO BY
230 PM EDT...
6 MILES WEST OF HOPE BY 240 PM EDT...
BELVIDERE BY 255 PM EDT...
9 MILES WEST OF GREAT MEADOWS AND 9 MILES WEST OF GREAT
MEADOWS-VIENNA BY 300 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 7507 4109 7503 4109 7502 4088 7484
4079 7522 4105 7527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 341DEG 10KT 4095 7512
$$
GORSE407
WWUS51 KPHI 261853
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
253 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
NJC041-PAC089-095-261901-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120526T1900Z/
WARREN NJ-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
253 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...
EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300
PM EDT...
A NEW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FARTHER TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST,
THEREFORE THIS INITIAL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4114 7507 4109 7503 4109 7502 4088 7484
4079 7522 4105 7527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 341DEG 10KT 4084 7507
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 5 hr |
| May 26, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 5 hr |
| May 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 48 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 44 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 2 hr |
| May 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| May 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 23 hr |
| May 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 4 hr |
| May 26, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 38 min |
| May 26, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 51 min |
| May 26, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 114 min |
| May 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 114 min |
| May 26, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 43 min |
| May 26, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Montgomery | 111 min |
| May 26, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks | 60 min |
| May 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester | 59 min |
| May 26, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 63 min |
| May 26, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 62 min |
| May 26, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 45 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.