Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2019, 3:29 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2019, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 29, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Albrightsville, PA | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 29, 4:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Effort, PA | |
| May 29, 4:03 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Effort, PA |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KPHI 291929
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-095-292015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0081.190529T1929Z-190529T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
329 PM EDT Wed May 29 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...
West central Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 328 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Woodside-Drifton, or 7 miles northeast of Hazleton, moving east at
35 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...
Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, Brodheadsville, Kunkletown,
Gilbert, Pocono Raceway, Lake Harmony, Tannersville, Rossland, Long
Pond, Albrightsville, Kresgeville, Sun Valley, Jonas, Meckesville,
Reeders, Danielsville, Beltzville State Park and Saylorsburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for eastern and
northeastern Pennsylvania.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4105 7524 4074 7536 4092 7596 4098 7582
4098 7580 4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7575
4105 7577 4109 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 287DEG 30KT 4100 7584
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Meola1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KPHI 292012
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
412 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019
PAC025-089-095-292020-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-190529T2015Z/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
412 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARBON...SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
AND WEST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for eastern and
northeastern Pennsylvania.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of Carbon, Northampton, and Monroe counties.
LAT...LON 4105 7524 4074 7536 4092 7596 4098 7582
4098 7580 4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7575
4105 7577 4109 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 287DEG 30KT 4090 7543
$$
MeolaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 28, 9:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 101 min |
| May 29, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 18 hr |
| May 29, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 41 min |
| May 29, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 29, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 60 min |
| May 29, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 27 min |
| May 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton | 65 min |
| May 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 62 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 42 min |
| May 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe and 2 more | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 25 min |
| May 29, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 48 min |
| May 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 40 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 67 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 27 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 1 more | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| May 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks | 27 min |
| May 29, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 41 min |
| May 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 4 hr |
| May 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 53 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 3 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.