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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 2019Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2019, 2:59 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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 29, 2019, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 3:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Coolbaugh Twp, PADELAYED REPORT. DOWNED TREES ON MOUNTAIN DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Swiftwater, PACORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 W SWIFTWATER. DELAYED REPORT. DOWNED TREE ON SUMMIT ROAD NEAR SWIFTWATER FORCING ITS CLOSURE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2019-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2019-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

459 
WUUS51 KPHI 291859
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-291945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0079.190529T1859Z-190529T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
259 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 258 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bear Creek,
  or near Wilkes-Barre, moving east at 40 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, Tobyhanna, Pocono Pines, Lake Harmony, Skytop,
  Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Blakeslee, Paradise
  Valley, Gouldsboro State Park, Arrowhead Lake and Cresco.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northeastern
Pennsylvania.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4113 7507 4103 7563 4103 7576
      4105 7577 4108 7577 4113 7569 4112 7564
      4122 7554 4122 7551 4123 7551 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 259DEG 41KT 4117 7581 

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

NC
2 follow-up statements
698 
WWUS51 KPHI 291921
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
321 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

PAC025-089-291945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-190529T1945Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
321 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 320 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gouldsboro
State Park, or 9 miles northwest of Mount Pocono, moving east 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...
Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Pocono Pines, Lake Harmony, Skytop,
Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Blakeslee, Paradise
Valley, Gouldsboro State Park, Arrowhead Lake and Cresco.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northeastern
Pennsylvania.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4113 7507 4103 7563 4103 7576
      4105 7577 4108 7577 4113 7569 4112 7564
      4122 7554 4122 7551 4123 7551 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 259DEG 41KT 4122 7547 

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

NC
949 
WWUS51 KPHI 291944
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
344 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

PAC025-089-291954-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-190529T1945Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
344 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON AND
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northeastern
Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4113 7507 4103 7563 4103 7576
      4105 7577 4108 7577 4113 7569 4112 7564
      4122 7554 4122 7551 4123 7551 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 259DEG 41KT 4106 7538 

$$

NC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonroe37 min
May 28, 9:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester101 min
May 29, 3:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more18 hr
May 29, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh41 min
May 29, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery34 min
May 29, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton60 min
May 29, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe27 min
May 29, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton65 min
May 29, 3:17 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh28 min
May 29, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton46 min
May 29, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton46 min
May 29, 3:38 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks37 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh62 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton47 min
May 29, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks41 min
May 29, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton51 min
May 29, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton47 min
May 29, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton27 min
May 29, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton42 min
May 29, 4:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe and 2 more51 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton25 min
May 29, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton48 min
May 29, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton40 min
May 29, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery67 min
May 29, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery4 hr
May 29, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery27 min
May 29, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton3 hr
May 29, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 1 more34 min
May 29, 5:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
May 29, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks27 min
May 29, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks66 min
May 29, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia41 min
May 29, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks4 hr
May 29, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia24 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia53 min
May 29, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
May 29, 7:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.