Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 1:41 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
- Jun 23, 2015, 1:41 PM EDT (17:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pocono Twp, PA | TREE DOWN ON SULLIVAN TRAIL |
| Jun 23, 2:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paradise Crossing, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Price Twp, PA | TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE 447 NEAR THE ALPINE MOUNTAIN RESORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 10:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
146
WUUS51 KPHI 231741
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-231830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0055.150623T1741Z-150623T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
141 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 140 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER ROCK GLEN...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERWICK...AND
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...JIM THORPE...WIND
GAP...WEATHERLY...DELAWARE WATER GAP...SKYTOP...STORMVILLE...
CHRISTMANS...SCOTRUN...ROSSLAND...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...
MOUNTAINHOME...LONG POND...POCONO PINES...HERNYVILLE...BELTZVILLE
STATE PARK AND BRODHEADSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE IN THE CENTRAL
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7511 4095 7515 4093 7522
4086 7529 4084 7535 4088 7596 4091 7599
4101 7573 4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569
4112 7564 4117 7560 4125 7517 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 265DEG 46KT 4096 7618
$$2 follow-up statements
367
WWUS51 KPHI 231805
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
205 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
PAC025-089-231830-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150623T1830Z/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
205 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 205 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CHRISTMANS...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...JIM THORPE...WIND
GAP...DELAWARE WATER GAP...STORMVILLE...CHRISTMANS...SCOTRUN...
ROSSLAND...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...MOUNTAINHOME...LONG POND...POCONO
PINES...HERNYVILLE...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...BRODHEADSVILLE...
MCMICHAEL AND KUNKLETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL... DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4124 7514 4114 7516 4113 7512 4095 7516
4094 7521 4086 7529 4084 7535 4084 7542
4087 7572 4099 7578 4101 7573 4105 7577
4109 7577 4112 7570 4111 7565 4116 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 265DEG 46KT 4099 7573
$$102
WWUS51 KPHI 231820
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
PAC025-231828-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150623T1830Z/
CARBON PA-
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4114 7516 4113 7512 4095 7516 4094 7521
4086 7529 4084 7535 4087 7541 4096 7549
4107 7554 4113 7552 4118 7548 4124 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 260DEG 51KT 4103 7546
$$
PAC089-231830-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150623T1830Z/
MONROE PA-
220 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR MONROE COUNTY...
AT 218 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER LONG POND...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT POCONO...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THERE ARE OTHER STRONG STORMS BOTH NORTH
AND SOUTH OF THIS CELL IN THE COUNTY CAPABLE OF ALSO BECOMING
SEVERE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...WIND GAP...DELAWARE
WATER GAP...STORMVILLE...SCOTRUN...ROSSLAND...TANNERSVILLE...
REEDERS...MOUNTAINHOME...LONG POND...POCONO PINES...HERNYVILLE...
BRODHEADSVILLE...MCMICHAEL...CANADENSIS...ANALOMINK...SUN VALLEY AND
PARADISE VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 7516 4113 7512 4095 7516 4094 7521
4086 7529 4084 7535 4087 7541 4096 7549
4107 7554 4113 7552 4118 7548 4124 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 260DEG 51KT 4103 7546
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 10:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 86 min |
| Jun 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
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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.