Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2020, 1:50 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 6, 2020, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2020, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 Binghamton radar (KBGM), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Coolbaugh Twp, PA | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 NNE COOLBAUGH TWP. DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES NEAR ROUTE 191 IN COOLBAUGH TWP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 6, 2:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Mount Pocono, PA | DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES NEAR DEVILS HOLE ROAD IN PARADISE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780
WUUS51 KPHI 061750
SVRPHI
PAC089-061830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0108.200706T1750Z-200706T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
150 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 149 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Canadensis,
or near Mount Pocono, moving southeast at 10 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, Henryville, Paradise Valley,
Analomink, Skytop, Canadensis, Mountainhome, Alpine Mountain,
Stroudsburg, Cresco and Arlington Heights.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority. Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to
ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors
immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough
to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7508 4099 7519 4119 7543
4124 7538 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 295DEG 9KT 4122 7532
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Robertson1 follow-up statement
722
WWUS51 KPHI 061806
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
206 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020
PAC089-061830-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-200706T1830Z/
Monroe PA-
206 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...
At 205 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Canadensis, or
7 miles northeast of Mount Pocono, moving southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs,
siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Henryville, Paradise Valley,
Analomink, Skytop, Canadensis, Mountainhome, Alpine Mountain,
Stroudsburg, Cresco and Arlington Heights.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority. Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move
indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers.
Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck
by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7508 4099 7519 4119 7543
4124 7538 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 295DEG 9KT 4120 7527
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RobertsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:16 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks | 118 min |
| Jul 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 2:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Northampton | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 114 min |
| Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 119 min |
| Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 6:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 109 min |
| Jul 6, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 69 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.