Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2019, 3:42 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 15, 2019, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 4:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Weatherly, PA | SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF WEATHERLY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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, 7.7 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
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
995
WUUS51 KPHI 151942
SVRPHI
PAC025-152030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0351.190815T1942Z-190815T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
342 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 341 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Woodside-Drifton, or 7 miles northeast of Hazleton, moving east at
10 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...
Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, Christmans, Lake Harmony and Beaver Meadows.
This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 277
and 281.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4106 7559 4084 7570 4093 7595 4098 7582
4098 7580 4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7575
4105 7577 4108 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 286DEG 10KT 4099 7584
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Robertson1 follow-up statement
210
WWUS51 KPHI 152003
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
403 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019
PAC025-152030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0351.000000T0000Z-190815T2030Z/
Carbon PA-
403 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY...
At 401 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weatherly, or
10 miles north of Lehighton, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs,
siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, Christmans and Lake Harmony.
This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania mile marker 277 and near
mile marker 279.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move
indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers.
Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck
by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4095 7588 4095 7589 4098 7582 4098 7580
4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7575 4105 7577
4106 7577 4106 7559 4084 7570 4085 7571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 286DEG 10KT 4097 7577
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RobertsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 8:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 119 min |
| Aug 14, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 8:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 27 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.