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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2015Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 6:13 PM EDT for Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 28 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
Jun 12, 2015, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 6:41 PM EDT
In force
28 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), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

925 
WUUS51 KPHI 122213
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC089-095-122300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0039.150612T2213Z-150612T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED OVER STORMVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT
  POCONO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAST STROUDSBURG...BANGOR...EAST BANGOR...ECHO LAKE...WERRY LAKE...
  MILLBROOK...DELAWARE WATER GAP...STROUDSBURG...ROSETO...HIDDEN
  LAKE...SHAWNEE AND MARSHALLS CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD 
TO FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4114 7513 4114 7509 4108 7503 4110 7497
      4107 7495 4083 7524 4115 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 233DEG 23KT 4093 7520 

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
102 
WWUS51 KPHI 122241
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
641 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

NJC041-PAC089-095-122250-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150612T2300Z/
WARREN NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-MONROE PA-
641 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN...NORTHERN
NORTHAMPTON AND EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4114 7513 4114 7509 4108 7503 4110 7497
      4107 7495 4083 7524 4115 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 233DEG 23KT 4104 7501 

$$

!JJM!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISchuylkill48 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton52 min
Jun 11, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks27 min
Jun 11, 9:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHILehigh, Northampton4 hr
Jun 11, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks51 min
Jun 12, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery52 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery48 min
Jun 12, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton38 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton49 min
Jun 12, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton52 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton33 min
Jun 12, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris34 min
Jun 12, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris55 min
Jun 12, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset37 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.