Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2015, 2:13 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 min. 10 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 30, 2015, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:16 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fogelsville, PA | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED. |
| Jun 30, 2:17 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Trexlertown, PA | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE TREXLERTOWN SHOPPING CENTER. |
| Jun 30, 2:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Orefield, PA | |
| Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Coplay, PA | NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN COPLAY. |
| Jun 30, 2:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Whitehall Twp, PA | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN IN WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP... COPLAY AND CATASAQUA. |
| Jun 30, 2:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Whitehall Twp, PA | NWS SURVEY TEAM OBSERVED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. ESTIMATED MAX WIND OF MICROBURST WAS 80 MPH. |
| Jun 30, 2:39 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | North Catasauqua, PA | |
| Jun 30, 2:43 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Whitehall Twp, PA | |
| Jun 30, 2:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | North Catasauqua, PA | 4 TO 5 HOMES DAMAGED. |
| Jun 30, 2:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Lehigh Valley Intl Airp, PA | 61 MPH GUST RECORDED AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
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 30, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
321
WFUS51 KPHI 301813
TORPHI
PAC077-301845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0006.150630T1813Z-150630T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
213 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 212 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER CLAUSSVILLE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALLENTOWN...SCHNECKSVILLE AND COFFEETOWN AROUND 230 PM EDT.
NEFFS AROUND 235 PM EDT.
EMERALD AROUND 240 PM EDT.
NORTHAMPTON...SLATINGTON AND WALNUTPORT AROUND 245 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOKENDAUQUA...FULLERTON...CATASAUQUA...COPLAY AND NORTH CATASAUQUA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4063 7578 4078 7562 4077 7560 4074 7559
4072 7556 4073 7553 4071 7552 4066 7548
4067 7543 4064 7540 4052 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 223DEG 18KT 4060 7569
$$
MWG1 follow-up statement
610
WWUS51 KPHI 301837
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
237 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
PAC077-301845-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150630T1845Z/
LEHIGH PA-
237 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY...
AT 237 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER NEFFS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLENTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORTHAMPTON AROUND 245 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOKENDAUQUA...FULLERTON...CATASAUQUA...COPLAY AND NORTH CATASAUQUA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4072 7556 4073 7553 4071 7552 4066 7548
4067 7543 4064 7540 4056 7556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 223DEG 18KT 4069 7558
$$
MWGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 57 min |
| Jun 30, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 3:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 23 min |
| Jun 30, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 11 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 62 min |
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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.