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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2019, 8:35 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 25 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 19, 2019, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 19, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
411
WFUS51 KPHI 200035
TORPHI
PAC011-200100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0008.190520T0035Z-190520T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
835 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 835 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Reading, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Reading, Bechtelsville, Boyertown, Mount Penn, St. Lawrence,
Lorane, Reiffton and Flying Hills.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4048 7567 4036 7559 4033 7563 4028 7591
4034 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 249DEG 27KT 4033 7588
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
Robertson1 follow-up statement
086
WWUS51 KPHI 200048
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
848 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
PAC011-200100-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190520T0100Z/
Berks PA-
848 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY...
At 847 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fleetwood, or 9 miles east of Reading, moving east
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Bechtelsville and Boyertown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4048 7567 4036 7559 4033 7563 4032 7578
4038 7582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 249DEG 27KT 4036 7576
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RobertsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 46 min |
| May 19, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 19, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 51 min |
| May 19, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 4 hr |
| May 19, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Northampton | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 48 min |
| May 19, 10:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 117 min |
| May 19, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 60 min |
| May 19, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 53 min |
| May 19, 11:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 39 min |
| May 20, 12:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Montgomery | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.