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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 20194 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2019, 7:27 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 48 min. 10 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
Jul 2, 2019, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2019, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 7:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw East Marlborough, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN ON EMBREEVILLE RD.
Jul 2, 7:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGKennett Square, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAZEL AVE AND WILSON RD.
Jul 2, 7:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWest Chester, PANUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 8:01 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw East Bradford Twp, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN ON COPELAND SCHOOL RD.
Jul 2, 8:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWest Goshen, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Jul 2, 8:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Thornbury Twp, PATRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED A 60MPH WIND GUST. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 8:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGarnet Valley, PAPOWER OUTAGES REPORTED DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
Jul 2, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Westtown, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WESTBOURNE RD AT S CONCORD RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Brookhaven, PATRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A MEASURED 60MPH WIND GUST.
Jul 2, 8:20 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Media, PASPOTTER ESTIMATED 60MPH WIND GUSTS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

256 
WUUS51 KPHI 022327
SVRPHI
DEC003-MDC015-NJC015-033-PAC029-045-030015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0192.190702T2327Z-190703T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
727 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  New Castle County in northern Delaware...
  Cecil County in northeastern Maryland...
  Northwestern Salem County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
  Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 726 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Glenmoore to near Farmington, moving east at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
           possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, West Chester, Elkton, Calvert,
  Chester, Pennsville, Coatesville, Westtown, Carneys Point,
  Downingtown, Folcroft, Swarthmore, Elsmere, Kennett Square, New
  Castle, Penns Grove, Salem and Oxford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7610 3976 7606 3987 7599 4010 7594
      4015 7585 3990 7528 3946 7554 3957 7551
      3962 7557 3966 7552 3972 7551 3970 7552
      3962 7561 3959 7557 3946 7559 3941 7554
      3934 7558 3958 7610 3972 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 286DEG 31KT 4007 7584 3964 7603 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PF
2 follow-up statements
828 
WWUS51 KPHI 022357
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
757 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

DEC003-MDC015-NJC015-033-PAC029-045-030015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-190703T0015Z/
New Castle DE-Cecil MD-Salem NJ-Gloucester NJ-Chester PA-Delaware PA-
757 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NEW CASTLE...NORTHEASTERN CECIL...NORTHWESTERN SALEM...
NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN CHESTER AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE
COUNTIES...

At 755 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Paoli to Glasgow, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable tree 
         damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, 
         and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, West Chester, Elkton, Calvert,
Chester, Pennsville, Coatesville, Westtown, Carneys Point,
Downingtown, Swarthmore, Elsmere, Kennett Square, New Castle, Penns
Grove, Salem, North East and West Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3990 7529 3977 7536 3946 7554 3957 7551
      3962 7557 3966 7552 3972 7551 3970 7552
      3962 7561 3959 7557 3946 7559 3942 7555
      3937 7557 3956 7604 4012 7583 4010 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 286DEG 31KT 4000 7555 3960 7575 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Fitzsimmons
109 
WWUS51 KPHI 030015
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
815 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

DEC003-MDC015-NJC015-033-PAC029-045-030024-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-190703T0015Z/
New Castle DE-Cecil MD-Salem NJ-Gloucester NJ-Chester PA-Delaware PA-
815 PM EDT Tue Jul 2 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEW CASTLE...NORTHEASTERN
CECIL...NORTHWESTERN SALEM...NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN
CHESTER AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain is still possible with
these thunderstorms.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of area. 

LAT...LON 3990 7529 3977 7536 3946 7554 3957 7551
      3962 7557 3966 7552 3972 7551 3970 7552
      3962 7561 3959 7557 3946 7559 3942 7555
      3937 7557 3956 7604 4012 7583 4010 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 286DEG 31KT 3996 7536 3956 7556 

$$

Meola

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Jul 2, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth24 min
Jul 2, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 2, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset42 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean18 min
Jul 2, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks43 min
Jul 2, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks47 min
Jul 2, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia48 min
Jul 2, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.