Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 4:29 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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 5, 2016, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 5, 4:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Plainfield Twp, PA | COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON WIRES. |
| Jun 5, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Emmaus, PA | FEW TREES DOWN SOUTH PART OF COUNTY. |
| Jun 5, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Zionsville, PA | 3 POWER POLES SNAPPED...MULTIPLE TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS A QUARTER MILE AREA. |
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 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
151
WUUS51 KPHI 052029
SVRPHI
PAC011-025-077-089-095-052115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0041.160605T2029Z-160605T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
429 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 429 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EMERALD TO NEAR HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLENTOWN...EASTON...LEHIGHTON...BETHLEHEM...FORKS...EMMAUS...
NORTHAMPTON...WILSON...HELLERTOWN...NAZARETH...PALMERTON...BANGOR...
KUTZTOWN...HAMBURG...SLATINGTON...FLEETWOOD...PEN ARGYL...WIND GAP...BATH
AND BELVIDERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
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 4069 7586 4074 7576 4076 7579 4085 7569
4092 7524 4091 7508 4086 7505 4085 7510
4083 7508 4077 7514 4078 7517 4075 7519
4073 7518 4043 7547 4045 7553 4043 7554
4041 7619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 254DEG 33KT 4076 7567 4053 7603
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LF1 follow-up statement
315
WWUS51 KPHI 052052
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
452 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
PAC011-025-077-089-095-052115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-BERKS PA-CARBON PA-
452 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHAMPTON...LEHIGH...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE...NORTHEASTERN BERKS
AND SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTIES...
AT 451 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR KUNKLETOWN TO NEAR KUTZTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLENTOWN...EASTON...LEHIGHTON...BETHLEHEM...FORKS...EMMAUS...NORTHAMPTON...
WILSON...HELLERTOWN...NAZARETH...PALMERTON...BANGOR...KUTZTOWN...HAMBURG...
SLATINGTON...FLEETWOOD...PEN ARGYL...WIND GAP...BATH AND BELVIDERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4069 7586 4074 7576 4076 7579 4085 7569
4092 7524 4091 7508 4086 7505 4085 7510
4083 7508 4077 7514 4078 7517 4075 7519
4073 7518 4043 7547 4045 7553 4043 7554
4041 7619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 254DEG 33KT 4081 7542 4058 7578
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 86 min |
| Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.