Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 2:04 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 14, 2016, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harmony, NJ | SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
474
WUUS51 KPHI 141804
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC025-089-095-141830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0095.160714T1804Z-160714T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
204 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 204 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
DANIELSVILLE... OR 11 MILES EAST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAZARETH...BANGOR...PEN ARGYL...WIND GAP...BATH...BELVIDERE...
HARMONY...WALNUTPORT...BELFAST...TATAMY...EAST BANGOR...
STORMVILLE...BEERSVILLE...DANIELSVILLE...COLUMBIA...ROSSLAND...
ROXBURG...BERLINSVILLE...KUNKLETOWN AND DELAWARE WATER GAP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 7501 4072 7553 4074 7553 4072 7555
4072 7556 4074 7559 4087 7556 4100 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 261DEG 27KT 4082 7551
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
PO1 follow-up statement
003
WWUS51 KPHI 141822
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
222 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
PAC025-141831-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160714T1830Z/
CARBON PA-
222 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...AND EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4075 7501 4072 7553 4074 7553 4072 7555
4073 7555 4075 7553 4081 7551 4082 7548
4084 7549 4087 7548 4100 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 261DEG 27KT 4084 7533
$$
NJC041-PAC089-095-141830-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160714T1830Z/
WARREN NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-MONROE PA-
222 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN...NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 221 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WIND GAP...OR
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NAZARETH...BANGOR...PEN ARGYL...WIND GAP...BATH...BELVIDERE...
HARMONY...BELFAST...TATAMY...EAST BANGOR...BEERSVILLE...COLUMBIA...
ROSSLAND...ROXBURG...KUNKLETOWN...DELAWARE WATER GAP...SAYLORSBURG...
BRASS CASTLE...ROSETO AND STOCKERTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 7501 4072 7553 4074 7553 4072 7555
4073 7555 4075 7553 4081 7551 4082 7548
4084 7549 4087 7548 4100 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 261DEG 27KT 4084 7533
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 2:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Northampton | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 27 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.