Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2019, 6:20 PM EDT for Carbon County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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 19, 2019, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 142 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 19, 6:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jim Thorpe, PA | TREE DOWN IN JIM THORPE TWP. |
| May 19, 6:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Towamensing Twp, PA | TREE DOWN IN TOWAMENSING TWP. |
| May 19, 6:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kidder Twp, PA | TREE DOWN IN KIDDER TWP. |
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 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1318 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
949
WUUS51 KPHI 192220
SVRPHI
PAC025-077-192300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0030.190519T2220Z-190519T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
620 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 619 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tamaqua,
moving northeast at 30 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...
Lehighton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Nesquehoning, Weatherly, New
Mahoning, Beltzville State Park, Penn Forest Reservoir, Christmans,
Lansford, Summit Hill, Bowmanstown, Beaver Meadows, Parryville,
Weissport, Trachsville, Weissport East and Tresckow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4083 7548 4072 7578 4074 7576 4083 7590
4091 7599 4098 7582 4098 7580 4101 7573
4103 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577 4112 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 238DEG 25KT 4081 7599
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Robertson1 follow-up statement
987
WWUS51 KPHI 192240
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
640 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
PAC025-077-192300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-190519T2300Z/
Lehigh PA-Carbon PA-
640 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEHIGH AND CARBON COUNTIES...
At 636 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Weatherly, or
near Lehighton, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs,
siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Nesquehoning, Weatherly, New
Mahoning, Beltzville State Park, Penn Forest Reservoir, Christmans,
Lansford, Summit Hill, Bowmanstown, Beaver Meadows, Parryville,
Weissport, Trachsville, Weissport East and Tresckow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4083 7548 4072 7578 4074 7576 4083 7590
4091 7599 4098 7582 4098 7580 4101 7573
4103 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577 4112 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 230DEG 39KT 4090 7581
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RobertsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 65 min |
| May 19, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Schuylkill | 39 min |
| May 19, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 48 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.