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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2014Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 3:51 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 8, 2014, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2014-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 132 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 2014-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

529 
WUUS51 KPHI 081951
SVRPHI
PAC017-091-082015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0094.140708T1951Z-140708T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
351 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

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...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 347 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR MONTGOMERYVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IVYLAND AROUND 400 PM EDT...
  DOYLESTOWN AND ROBESONIA AROUND 405 PM EDT...
  GARDENVILLE AND RICHBORO AROUND 410 PM EDT...
  LUMBERVILLE AROUND 415 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4024 7555 4042 7506 4040 7502 4028 7487
      4008 7534
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 245DEG 26KT 4026 7522

$$

FORECASTER:JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe63 min
Jul 7, 10:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe3 hr
Jul 7, 10:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton60 min
Jul 8, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks33 min
Jul 8, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester82 min
Jul 8, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon116 min
Jul 8, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe106 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.