Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2018, 6:10 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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
- Jun 18, 2018, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 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 22:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Pocono Mountains Airpor, PA | |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stroud Twp, PA | TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAYS. |
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, 10.2 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
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
094
WUUS51 KPHI 182210
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-182300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0034.180618T2210Z-180618T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
610 PM EDT MON JUN 18 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 609 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Gouldsboro State Park to near Hometown, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* 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.
&&
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 2209Z 291DEG 29KT 4119 7546 4084 7602
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Iovino1 follow-up statement
190
WWUS51 KPHI 182244
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
644 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2018
PAC025-089-182300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-180618T2300Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
644 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...
At 643 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Paradise Valley to near Jim Thorpe, moving east
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe,
Nesquehoning, Wind Gap, Weatherly, Stormville, Werry Lake,
Tannersville, Long Pond, Kresgeville, Sun Valley, Reeders, Beltzville
State Park, Saylorsburg, McMichael, Penn Forest Reservoir and
Christmans.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
4099 7513 4095 7515 4093 7522 4086 7529
4083 7538 4078 7567 4073 7576 4089 7596
4099 7571 4109 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 288DEG 25KT 4112 7518 4077 7574
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
IovinoThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery | 64 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.