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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 25, 2020Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2020, 5:57 PM EDT for Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 18 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
Aug 25, 2020, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2020, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

806 
WUUS51 KPHI 252157
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC089-095-252245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0255.200825T2157Z-200825T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
557 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Central Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 557 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Reeders, or
  near Mount Pocono, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
           possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Hackettstown, Washington,
  Blairstown, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Belvidere, Harmony,
  Oxford, Hope, East Bangor, Brass Castle, Stormville,
  Brodheadsville, Delaware Water Gap, Tannersville, Sun Valley and
  Great Meadows-Vienna.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 296 and 314.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 22.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4092 7477 4079 7488 4078 7490 4077 7490
      4072 7497 4067 7506 4098 7551 4099 7550
      4101 7552 4113 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 298DEG 31KT 4103 7534 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NC
1 follow-up statement
593 
WWUS51 KPHI 252215
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
615 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

NJC041-PAC089-095-252225-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-200825T2245Z/
Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
615 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WARREN...CENTRAL MONROE AND
NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and eastern and northeastern
Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4092 7477 4079 7488 4078 7490 4077 7490
      4072 7497 4067 7506 4098 7551 4099 7550
      4101 7552 4113 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 298DEG 31KT 4080 7452 

$$

NC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
Aug 25, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
Aug 25, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem40 min
Aug 25, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Aug 25, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem50 min
Aug 25, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset47 min
Aug 25, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Aug 25, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland43 min
Aug 25, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI24 min

Nearby

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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.