Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2018, 3:20 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. 18 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
- May 15, 2018, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Side, PA | TWO POLES FELL ON A BUILDING AT A POLLING LOCATION IN WHITE HAVEN. SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN IN THE AREA AS WELL. TIME APPROXIMATED BY RADAR. |
| May 15, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Penn Forest Twp, PA | TREES DOWN. |
| May 15, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 W Emerald Lakes, PA | CWOP STATION REPORTS WIND GUST OF 50 MPH |
| May 15, 3:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Pocono, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. ONE DAMAGED A CAR ON LONG POND ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 15, 3:48 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ne Albrightsville, PA | |
| May 15, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Merwinsburg, PA | *** 1 FATAL *** TREE DOWN ON A CAR KILLING ONE PERSON INSIDE, NEAR THE TOWN OF EFFORT. |
| May 15, 3:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Polk Twp, PA | DOWNED UTILITY ON STATE HIGHWAY 534 NEAR DOTTERS CORNER ROAD. ALL LANES CLOSED. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 15, 3:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Pocono, PA | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED AND POWER LINES DOWN. *EVENT TIME CORRECTED* |
| May 15, 3:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Ne Albrightsville, PA | HAIL COVERING GROUND AND 45 MPH GUSTS. |
| May 15, 3:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Bossardsville, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| May 15, 3:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 73 | 1 Ne Bossardsville, PA | |
| May 15, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Mechanicsville, PA | RECEIVED A CALL FROM A PROPERTY OWNER REPORTING SIGNIFCANT TREE DAMAGE INCLUDING A ROW OF 10 TREES UPROOTED AND DAMGAGE TO A GROVE OF TREES IN A VALLEY WITH TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED |
| May 15, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stroudsburg, PA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON VEHICLES, HOUSES, AND ROADS. MANY ROAD CLOSURES AND 80,000 ESTIMATED WITHOUT POWER. HOLDING STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS. |
| May 15, 4:04 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Effort, PA | 50 MPH GUSTS AND SMALL TWIGS AND BRANCHES DOWN. |
| May 15, 4:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Turn Villa, PA | DOWNED TREE IN WIRES ON U.S. HIGHWAY 209 NEAR CAESARS POCONO PALACE ROAD. ALL LANES CLOSED. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 15, 4:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nnw Monroe Lake, PA | SPOTTER ESTIMATES WIND GUSTS OF 58+ MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO FALLING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT |
| May 15, 4:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sciota, PA | DOWNED UTILITY ON U.S. HIGHWAY 209 BETWEEN LESH ROAD AND STATE ROAD 0033. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 15, 4:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Pocono, PA | SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
762
WUUS51 KPHI 151920
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-152015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0014.180515T1920Z-180515T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
320 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 320 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Old Forge to near Shumans, moving east at 65
mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Palmerton,
Jim Thorpe, Nesquehoning, Wind Gap, Weatherly, Stormville, Werry
Lake, Pocono Pines, Lake Harmony, Skytop, Tannersville, Long Pond,
Kresgeville, Sun Valley, Reeders and Beltzville State Park.
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 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7522 4086 7529
4083 7538 4078 7567 4073 7576 4091 7599
4101 7573 4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569
4112 7564 4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 251DEG 76KT 4140 7573 4088 7631
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
po1 follow-up statement
554
WWUS51 KPHI 151953
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
353 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018
PAC025-089-152015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180515T2015Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
353 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...
At 352 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Pecks Pond to near Palmerton, moving east at 60
mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Palmerton, Jim
Thorpe, Nesquehoning, Wind Gap, Weatherly, Stormville, Werry Lake,
Pocono Pines, Lake Harmony, Skytop, Tannersville, Long Pond,
Kresgeville, Sun Valley, Reeders and Beltzville State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. Nickle sized hail has been reported from these storms
near Albrightsville.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7522 4086 7529
4083 7538 4078 7567 4073 7576 4091 7599
4101 7573 4104 7569 4107 7567 4109 7564
4112 7564 4121 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 285DEG 54KT 4135 7506 4083 7565
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
PoThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 1 more | 21 hr |
| May 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 56 min |
| May 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Northampton | 74 min |
| May 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 15, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 51 min |
| May 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 19 min |
| May 15, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 64 min |
| May 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| May 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 38 min |
| May 15, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| May 15, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 67 min |
| May 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 52 min |
| May 15, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| May 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 60 min |
| May 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 40 min |
| May 15, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 4 hr |
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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.