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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 1, 2021Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 6:19 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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 1, 2021, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

314 
WUUS51 KPHI 012219
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-012300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0237.210801T2219Z-210801T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
619 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 618 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bear Creek
  Village, or 7 miles southeast of Wilkes-Barre, moving east at 40
  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, Tobyhanna, Stormville, Henryville, Brodheadsville,
  Pocono Pines, Pocono Raceway, Lake Harmony, Skytop, Tannersville,
  Mountainhome, Alpine Mountain, Long Pond, Albrightsville, Sun
  Valley, Arrowhead Lake, Jonas, Meckesville, Reeders and Analomink.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 87 and 97.
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 278 and 309.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4125 7518 4092 7522 4089 7527 4100 7575
      4101 7573 4103 7574 4103 7576 4108 7577
      4113 7569 4113 7563 4123 7554 4122 7551
      4123 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 270DEG 35KT 4119 7576 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Staarmann
1 follow-up statement
143 
WWUS51 KPHI 012245
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
645 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

PAC025-012254-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-210801T2300Z/
Carbon PA-
645 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4123 7518 4100 7521 4108 7560 4109 7560
      4111 7564 4113 7563 4123 7554 4122 7550
      4123 7549 4125 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 273DEG 31KT 4118 7549 

$$

PAC089-012300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-210801T2300Z/
Monroe PA-
645 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY...

At 644 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gouldsboro
State Park, or 8 miles northwest of Mount Pocono, moving east 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, Tobyhanna, Henryville, Pocono Pines, Analomink, Skytop,
Tannersville, Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Scotrun,
Blakeslee, Long Pond, Paradise Valley, Gouldsboro State Park,
Arrowhead Lake, Cresco and Arlington Heights.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 288 and 304.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 12.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4123 7518 4100 7521 4108 7560 4109 7560
      4111 7564 4113 7563 4123 7554 4122 7550
      4123 7549 4125 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 273DEG 31KT 4118 7549 

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

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks27 min
Aug 1, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks40 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.