Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2019, 6:01 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 min. 9 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
- Aug 22, 2019, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 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, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 22, 6:01 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Beaver Meadows, PA | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR TITUS LANE AND QUAKAKE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Lehighton, PA | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BEAVER RUN DRIVE AND HEMLOCK DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jim Thorpe, PA | TREE AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Palmerton, PA | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES ON GREENWOOD STREET SOUTH OF HEMLOCK STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Towamensing Twp, PA | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR GUN CLUB ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saylorsburg, PA | TREE FELL INTO A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Bushkill Twp, PA | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES NEAR SEIFERT ROAD AND MOORESTOWN ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:47 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Bushkill Twp, PA | DOWNED TREE IN WIRES ON STATE HIGHWAY 512 NEAR CHERRY HILL ROAD. ALL LANES CLOSED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 22, 6:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Plainfield Twp, PA | DOWNED TREE IN WIRES ON JACOBSBURG ROAD NEAR BELFAST ROAD. ALL LANES CLOSED. 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
892
WUUS51 KPHI 222201
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-095-222245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0378.190822T2201Z-190822T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
601 PM EDT Thu Aug 22 2019
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Southwestern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Central Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 601 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nesquehoning,
or near Hazleton, moving east at 40 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...
Lehighton, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Pen Argyl,
Nesquehoning, Wind Gap, Bath, Weatherly, Walnutport, Belfast,
Steuben, Stormville, Brodheadsville, New Mahoning, Kunkletown,
Gilbert, Rossland and Berlinsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4096 7521 4065 7529 4071 7552 4074 7553
4072 7556 4074 7559 4079 7561 4075 7574
4076 7580 4091 7599 4101 7573 4103 7574
4103 7576 4104 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 281DEG 36KT 4090 7590
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NC1 follow-up statement
307
WWUS51 KPHI 222217
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
617 PM EDT Thu Aug 22 2019
PAC025-089-095-222245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0378.000000T0000Z-190822T2245Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
617 PM EDT Thu Aug 22 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARBON...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON
COUNTIES...
At 617 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jim Thorpe, or
near Lehighton, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lehighton, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Pen Argyl,
Wind Gap, Bath, Weatherly, Walnutport, Belfast, Steuben, Stormville,
Brodheadsville, Kunkletown, Gilbert, Rossland, Berlinsville,
Albrightsville and Kresgeville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4096 7521 4065 7529 4071 7552 4074 7553
4072 7556 4074 7559 4079 7561 4075 7574
4084 7578 4095 7582 4101 7573 4103 7574
4103 7576 4104 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 281DEG 36KT 4087 7569
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 34 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.