Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2020, 4:06 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 122 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Ancient Oaks, PA | DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES NEAR RED MAPLE ACRES IN ANCIENT OAKS. 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
845
WUUS51 KPHI 062006
SVRPHI
PAC077-062030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0127.200706T2006Z-200706T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
406 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 405 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Emmaus, or
near Allentown, moving east 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...
Allentown, Bethlehem, Emmaus, Coffeetown, Zionsville, Ancient Oaks,
Schnecksville, Claussville, Catasauqua, Macungie, Alburtis,
Fullerton and Hokendauqua.
This includes the following highways...
Northeast Extension between mile markers 48 and 63.
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 45 and 61.
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 4068 7563 4064 7541 4042 7548 4042 7549
4058 7574 4059 7574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 289DEG 9KT 4054 7554
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, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 40 min |
| 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, 4:07 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.