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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 23, 2019Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2019, 9:37 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 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: May 23, 2019, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 23, 9:49 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	3 W Long Pond, PA	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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

561 
WUUS51 KPHI 240137
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-240200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0045.190524T0137Z-190524T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
937 PM EDT Thu May 23 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southwestern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 936 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over White Haven,
  or 10 miles northeast of Hazleton, moving east at 70 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, Reeders, Brodheadsville, Gilbert, Pocono
  Raceway, Lake Harmony, McMichael, Tannersville, Scotrun, Blakeslee,
  Penn Forest Reservoir, Long Pond, Albrightsville, Kresgeville,
  Christmans, Sun Valley, Jonas, Meckesville and Effort.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Mount Holly NJ.

&&

LAT...LON 4106 7523 4085 7544 4094 7590 4098 7584
      4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7575 4105 7577
      4109 7577 4111 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 281DEG 61KT 4103 7580 

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

MPS

1 follow-up statement

115 
WWUS51 KPHI 240154
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
954 PM EDT Thu May 23 2019

PAC025-089-240203-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-190524T0200Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
954 PM EDT Thu May 23 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CARBON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Warning remains in effect for portions of Carbon and 
Monroe counties.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.

LAT...LON 4106 7523 4085 7544 4094 7590 4098 7584
      4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7575 4105 7577
      4109 7577 4111 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 281DEG 61KT 4098 7545 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	32 min
May 23, 9:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	25 min
May 23, 9:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	31 min
May 23, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester	43 min
May 23, 11:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Chester	29 min
May 23, 11:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	38 min
May 23, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	38 min
May 24, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery, Philadelphia	30 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.