Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2017, 7:57 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 22, 2017, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 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), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
667
WUUS51 KPHI 222357
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-230045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0180.170822T2357Z-170823T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
757 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 845 PM EDT
* At 756 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mcadoo, or
near Hazleton, moving northeast at 35 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...
Weatherly, Pocono Pines, Pocono Raceway, Lake Harmony, Blakeslee,
Long Pond, Albrightsville, Christmans, Arrowhead Lake,
Stoddartsville, Meckesville, Beaver Meadows and Tresckow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4103 7536 4085 7593 4091 7599 4098 7582
4101 7573 4103 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577
4113 7569 4112 7565 4120 7557 4122 7553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 245DEG 29KT 4090 7597
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MWG2 follow-up statements
707
WWUS51 KPHI 230017
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
817 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
PAC025-089-230045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-170823T0045Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
817 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...
At 817 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weatherly, or
10 miles north of Lehighton, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect damage to
trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, Blakeslee, Long Pond, Albrightsville, Pocono
Pines, Pocono Raceway, Lake Harmony, Christmans, Arrowhead Lake,
Stoddartsville and Meckesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4088 7582 4093 7587 4098 7582 4101 7573
4103 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569
4112 7565 4120 7557 4122 7553 4103 7536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 245DEG 29KT 4097 7576
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MWG239
WWUS51 KPHI 230037
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
837 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
PAC025-089-230046-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-170823T0045Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
837 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
northeastern Pennsylvania.
LAT...LON 4088 7582 4093 7587 4098 7582 4101 7573
4103 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569
4112 7565 4120 7557 4122 7553 4103 7536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 245DEG 29KT 4103 7559
$$
CMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 42 min |
| Aug 22, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.