Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2017, 2:04 PM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 2, 2017, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bedminster, PA | TREE DOWN IN BEDMINSTER. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Aug 2, 2:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Haycock Twp, PA | TREE DOWN IN HAYCOCK. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Aug 2, 2:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Springfield Twp, PA | TREE DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 823 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
346
WUUS51 KPHI 021804
SVRPHI
NJC019-PAC017-021845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0141.170802T1804Z-170802T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
204 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
Northwestern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 245 PM EDT
* At 204 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Revere, or 12
miles south of Easton, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to
trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Quakertown, Perkasie, Byram, Bedminster, Tinicum, Dublin, Ferndale,
Frenchtown, Milford, Riegelsville, Pleasant Valley, Revere,
Ottsville, Pipersville, Erwinna, Gardenville, New Britain and
Richlandtown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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 4047 7542 4062 7513 4055 7490 4029 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 291DEG 7KT 4050 7520
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Robertson1 follow-up statement
196
WWUS51 KPHI 021821
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
221 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
NJC019-021829-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-170802T1845Z/
Hunterdon NJ-
221 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened
below severe limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
Showers and thunderstorms remain possible.
LAT...LON 4057 7518 4057 7516 4058 7513 4058 7512
4054 7507 4049 7506 4044 7507 4031 7520
4047 7542 4059 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 285DEG 7KT 4048 7524
$$
PAC017-021845-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-170802T1845Z/
Bucks PA-
221 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY...
At 219 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pleasant
Valley, or 14 miles south of Easton, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to
trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Quakertown, Perkasie, Bedminster, Tinicum, Dublin, Ferndale,
Riegelsville, Pleasant Valley, Revere, Ottsville, Pipersville,
Erwinna and Richlandtown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4057 7518 4057 7516 4058 7513 4058 7512
4054 7507 4049 7506 4044 7507 4031 7520
4047 7542 4059 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 285DEG 7KT 4048 7524
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RobertsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 12:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 2:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 12:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 12:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Union | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 38 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.