Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2019, 4:09 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 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, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 4:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Belvidere, NJ | DELAYED REPORT. DOWNED TREE ON MANUNKA CHUNK ROAD NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 46. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 29, 4:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harmony Twp, NJ | DELAYED REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN HARMONY TWP. 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.
| 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
940
WUUS51 KPHI 292009
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC089-095-292100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0086.190529T2009Z-190529T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
409 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
Southwestern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 409 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Brodheadsville, or 14 miles south of Mount Pocono, 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...
Hackettstown, Washington, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Belvidere,
Harmony, Oxford, Belfast, East Bangor, Brass Castle, Stormville,
Brodheadsville, Kunkletown, Gilbert, Rossland, Kresgeville,
Pleasant Valley, Saylorsburg and McMichael.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northwestern
New Jersey...and 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 4084 7482 4069 7502 4087 7551 4090 7553
4102 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 286DEG 30KT 4091 7539
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Meola1 follow-up statement
494
WWUS51 KPHI 292051
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
451 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019
NJC041-PAC089-095-292100-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-190529T2100Z/
Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
451 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WARREN...SOUTHWESTERN
MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM
EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for northwestern
New Jersey...and eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
portions of the area.
LAT...LON 4084 7482 4069 7502 4087 7551 4090 7553
4102 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 286DEG 30KT 4082 7497
$$
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 | Warren | 37 min |
| May 28, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 30 min |
| May 28, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 41 min | |
| May 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 55 min |
| May 28, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 25 min |
| May 28, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 61 min |
| May 28, 8:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cape May | 78 min |
| May 28, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| May 28, 9:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 63 min |
| May 28, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 43 min | |
| May 28, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 23 min |
| May 28, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 min | |
| May 28, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 12 min |
| May 28, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| May 28, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 45 min |
| May 28, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 27 min |
| May 28, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 26 min |
| May 28, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 30 min |
| May 28, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 38 min |
| May 28, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 min | |
| May 28, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 25 min |
| May 28, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 48 min | |
| May 29, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more | 18 hr |
| May 29, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 65 min |
| May 29, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
| May 29, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 53 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 67 min |
| May 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris | 29 min |
| May 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| May 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| May 29, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth | 27 min |
| May 29, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| May 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| May 29, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 61 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 3 hr |
| May 29, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| May 29, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 52 min |
| May 29, 7:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| May 29, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| May 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean | 42 min |
| May 29, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| May 28, 9:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 101 min |
| 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, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 62 min |
| May 29, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 42 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, 4:55 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, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 41 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 53 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.