Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 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
- Apr 10, 2013, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Canadensis, PA | |
| Apr 10, 6:00 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
141
WUUS51 KPHI 102125
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-102230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0003.130410T2125Z-130410T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
525 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEHIGHTON...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE STORM IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
WEST OF BLAKESLEE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MOUNTAIN TOP...AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ARROWHEAD LAKE AND BLAKESLEE AROUND 530 PM EDT...
POCONO PINES AND GOULSBORO STATE PARK AROUND 535 PM EDT...
TOBYHANNA AND MOUNT POCONO AROUND 540 PM EDT...
MOUNTAINHOME...PARADISE VALLEY AND CANADENSIS AROUND 545 PM EDT...
CANADENSIS AROUND 550 PM EDT...
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS AS THEY MOVE FROM THROUGH FROM THE WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 4116 7515 4114 7508 4109 7503 4109 7496
4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7521 4086 7529
4078 7568 4074 7576 4091 7598 4100 7575
4102 7574 4105 7578 4110 7576 4114 7569
4113 7564 4123 7554 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 268DEG 47KT 4114 7568
$$
JJM1 follow-up statement
980
WWUS51 KPHI 102149
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
549 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013
PAC025-089-102230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130410T2230Z/
MONROE PA-CARBON PA-
549 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE SUCH STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTRUN...OR 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOULDSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ANALOMINK...EAST STROUDSBURG...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND STROUDSBURG BY
555 PM EDT...
SHAWNEE...MARSHALLS CREEK...DELAWARE WATER GAP AND ECHO LAKE BY 600
PM EDT...
HIDDEN LAKE AND WERRY LAKE BY 605 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4116 7515 4114 7508 4109 7503 4109 7496
4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7521 4086 7529
4078 7568 4074 7576 4091 7598 4100 7575
4102 7574 4105 7578 4110 7576 4114 7569
4113 7564 4123 7554 4126 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 294DEG 40KT 4107 7528
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 112 min |
| Apr 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Northampton | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.