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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 28, 2019Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2019, 7:42 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2019, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

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 28, 1:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

806 
WUUS51 KPHI 282342
SVRPHI
PAC089-290045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0070.190528T2342Z-190529T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
742 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lehigh, or 11
  miles southeast of Scranton, moving southeast at 35 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...
  Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Stormville, Henryville,
  Werry Lake, Pocono Pines, Delaware Water Gap, Skytop, Tannersville,
  Mountainhome, Alpine Mountain, Long Pond, Arrowhead Lake, Reeders,
  Analomink, McMichael, Canadensis, Scotrun and Echo Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northwestern
New Jersey...and eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania.

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a
place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a basement or small
interior room.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4104 7503 4099 7513 4097 7512 4095 7515
      4093 7522 4090 7523 4087 7529 4116 7560
      4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 307DEG 29KT 4126 7553 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Iovino

1 follow-up statement

355 
WWUS51 KPHI 290027 RRA
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
827 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

PAC089-290045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-190529T0045Z/
Monroe PA-
827 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

At 827 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near East
Stroudsburg, or 13 miles southeast of Mount Pocono, moving southeast
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Henryville, Werry Lake,
Analomink, Delaware Water Gap, Skytop, Tannersville, Mountainhome,
Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Scotrun, Echo Lake, Paradise Valley,
Gouldsboro State Park, Stormville, Stroudsburg, Cresco and Arlington
Heights.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northwestern
New Jersey...and eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania.

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted act quickly and move to a place
of safety inside a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small
interior room.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4104 7503 4099 7513 4097 7512 4095 7515
      4093 7522 4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 307DEG 29KT 4103 7514 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	63 min
May 28, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	49 min
May 28, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	67 min
May 28, 5:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Berks	23 min
May 28, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	39 min
May 28, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester	45 min
May 28, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks	2 hr
May 28, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Chester	36 min
May 28, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	64 min
May 28, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester	4 hr
May 28, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery	44 min
May 28, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Delaware	48 min
May 28, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	64 min
May 28, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	38 min
May 28, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	3 hr
May 28, 7:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monroe	2 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.