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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 4, 2021Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2021, 2:24 PM EDT for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
Jun 4, 2021, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDTHAIL 1Hilltown Twp, PATIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 4, 2:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Chalfont, PA
Jun 4, 2:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.88New Britain, PA
Jun 4, 2:41 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Doylestown, PAREPORT AND VIDEO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

883 
WUUS51 KPHI 041824
SVRPHI
PAC017-091-041915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0050.210604T1824Z-210604T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
224 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 224 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Souderton, or
  22 miles southeast of Allentown, moving east at 35 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...
  Lansdale, Perkasie, Doylestown, Hatboro, Souderton, Chalfont,
  Hatfield, New Hope, Dublin, Ivyland, Stockton, Fricks, Richboro,
  Gardenville, Feasterville-Trevose, Horsham, Telford, Sellersville,
  Lambertville and New Britain.

This includes Northeast Extension between mile markers 30 and 31.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4015 7495 4024 7536 4041 7535 4042 7506
      4040 7504 4041 7499 4040 7496 4034 7494
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 275DEG 32KT 4031 7530 

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

Davis
1 follow-up statement
147 
WWUS51 KPHI 041844
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
244 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

PAC017-091-041915-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210604T1915Z/
Montgomery PA-Bucks PA-
244 PM EDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 244 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Doylestown, or
16 miles west of Trenton, moving east at 35 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...
Lansdale, Doylestown, Hatboro, Chalfont, Ivyland, Richboro,
Feasterville-Trevose, Horsham, New Britain, Churchville, Warminster
Heights, Village Shires, Brittany Farms-Highlands, Newtown Grant and
Montgomeryville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4015 7495 4023 7529 4032 7521 4035 7507
      4035 7500 4034 7494
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 275DEG 32KT 4029 7507 

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

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks30 min
Jun 4, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh28 min
Jun 4, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe38 min
Jun 4, 1:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh2 hr
Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe, Northampton97 min
Jun 4, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton41 min
Jun 4, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery21 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks48 min
Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia46 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia98 min
Jun 4, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks42 min
Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks67 min
Jun 4, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Philadelphia44 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia40 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.