Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2018, 6:17 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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
- May 10, 2018, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 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), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 10, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Tobyhanna, PA | PEA SIZED HAIL |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
867
WUUS51 KPHI 102217
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-102300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0003.180510T2217Z-180510T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
617 PM EDT THU MAY 10 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 700 PM EDT.
* At 617 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Bear Creek Village to near White Haven to near
Hazleton, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to
roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Jim Thorpe, Wind Gap,
Weatherly, Stormville, Werry Lake, Pocono Pines, Lake Harmony,
Skytop, Tannersville, Long Pond, Kresgeville, Sun Valley, Reeders,
Beltzville State Park, Saylorsburg, McMichael and Canadensis.
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
4104 7503 4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7522
4086 7529 4081 7550 4091 7599 4101 7573
4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569 4112 7564
4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 277DEG 29KT 4121 7575 4109 7576 4096 7593
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Gorse1 follow-up statement
320
WWUS51 KPHI 102236
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
636 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2018
PAC025-089-102300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180510T2300Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
636 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...
At 634 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Gouldsboro State Park to Lake Harmony to Weatherly,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. Storms have had a history of producing
hail up to nickel size so far.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs,
siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Jim Thorpe, Wind Gap,
Weatherly, Stormville, Werry Lake, Pocono Pines, Lake Harmony,
Skytop, Tannersville, Long Pond, Kresgeville, Sun Valley, Reeders,
Saylorsburg, McMichael, Canadensis and Blakeslee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to
ground lightning is occurring. Move indoors immediately. Remember,
if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by
lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
4104 7503 4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7522
4086 7529 4083 7543 4095 7590 4101 7573
4105 7577 4109 7577 4113 7569 4112 7564
4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 276DEG 29KT 4120 7548 4107 7559 4094 7582
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GorseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 55 min |
| May 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 39 min |
| May 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 29 min |
| May 10, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 51 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.