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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 25, 2016Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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 19:14 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 25, 12:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

798 
WUUS51 KPHI 251915
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-252000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0134.160725T1915Z-160725T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 314 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MCADOO...OR
  OVER HAZLETON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NESQUEHONING AND WEATHERLY AROUND 325 PM EDT. 
  JIM THORPE AROUND 330 PM EDT. 
  LEHIGHTON AROUND 335 PM EDT. 
  CHRISTMANS AROUND 340 PM EDT. 
  PENN FOREST RESERVOIR...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK AND ALBRIGHTSVILLE 
  AROUND 345 PM EDT. 
  JONAS...KRESGEVILLE AND MECKESVILLE AROUND 350 PM EDT. 
  GILBERT...SUN VALLEY...KUNKLETOWN...POCONO RACEWAY AND LONG POND 
  AROUND 355 PM EDT. 
  BRODHEADSVILLE...MCMICHAEL AND ROSSLAND AROUND 400 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SUMMIT
HILL...BOWMANSTOWN...TRESCKOW...BEAVER
MEADOWS...LANSFORD...WEISSPORT... WEISSPORT
EAST...MERWINSBURG...PARRYVILLE AND EFFORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND 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 4116 7533 4084 7535 4083 7538 4080 7557
      4080 7586 4091 7599 4101 7573 4103 7574
      4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7570 4113 7566
      4112 7565 4114 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 267DEG 36KT 4092 7599 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GORSE

1 follow-up statement

551 
WWUS51 KPHI 251947
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
347 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

PAC025-089-252000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-160725T2000Z/
MONROE PA-CARBON PA-
347 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES...

AT 345 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PENN FOREST
RESERVOIR...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JONAS AND KRESGEVILLE AROUND 350 PM EDT. 
  BRODHEADSVILLE...GILBERT...SUN VALLEY AND KUNKLETOWN AROUND 355 PM 
  EDT. 
  MCMICHAEL AND ROSSLAND AROUND 400 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SUMMIT
HILL...BOWMANSTOWN...TRESCKOW...BEAVER
MEADOWS...LANSFORD...WEISSPORT... WEISSPORT
EAST...MERWINSBURG...PARRYVILLE AND EFFORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND 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 4101 7534 4084 7535 4083 7538 4080 7557
      4080 7586 4091 7599 4101 7573 4102 7572
      4104 7566 4104 7555
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 267DEG 36KT 4094 7557 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	39 min
Jul 25, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	50 min
Jul 25, 4:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	41 min
Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	51 min
Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	53 min
Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	30 min
Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	56 min
Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	38 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	45 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton	56 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	48 min
Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	47 min
Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	44 min
Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	40 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	62 min
Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	2 hr
Jul 25, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia	63 min
Jul 25, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	4 hr

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.