Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 7:19 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 116 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, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
847
WUUS51 KPHI 082319
SVRPHI
PAC025-090115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0098.140708T2319Z-140709T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
719 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR VALLEY VIEW...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NESQUEHONING AND NEW MAHONING AROUND 815 PM EDT...
JIM THORPE AND LEHIGHTON AROUND 820 PM EDT...
JIM THORPE AND LEHIGHTON AROUND 825 PM EDT...
BELTZVILLE STATE PARK AND PALMERTON AROUND 830 PM EDT...
CHRISTMANS AROUND 835 PM EDT...
PENN FOREST RESERVOIR AND MECKESVILLE AROUND 840 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 7550 4095 7557 4082 7548 4078 7568
4073 7576 4091 7600 4092 7600 4100 7575
4102 7574 4105 7578 4110 7576 4114 7569
4114 7566
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 249DEG 33KT 4068 7648
$$
FORECASTER:JJM2 follow-up statements
615
WWUS51 KPHI 090008
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
808 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
PAC025-090115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-140709T0115Z/
CARBON PA-
808 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR CARBON COUNTY...
AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHRISTMANS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MOUNTAIN TOP...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE HARMONY AND ALBRIGHTSVILLE BY 815 PM EDT...
LAKE HARMONY AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MECKESVILLE BY 820 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
LAT...LON 4099 7550 4095 7557 4082 7548 4078 7568
4073 7576 4091 7600 4092 7600 4100 7575
4102 7574 4105 7578 4110 7576 4114 7569
4114 7566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 249DEG 33KT 4105 7571
$$
JJM177
WWUS51 KPHI 090108
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
908 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
PAC025-090118-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-140709T0115Z/
CARBON PA-
908 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARBON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM EDT...
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
LAT...LON 4099 7550 4095 7557 4082 7548 4078 7568
4073 7576 4091 7600 4092 7600 4100 7575
4102 7574 4105 7578 4110 7576 4114 7569
4114 7566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 249DEG 33KT 4125 7503
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 10:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 82 min |
| Jul 8, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 106 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.