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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 2021Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 8:21 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 9, 2021, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1395 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

122 
WUUS51 KPHI 100021
SVRPHI
PAC029-100100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0075.210610T0021Z-210610T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
821 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 821 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Parkesburg,
  or 13 miles southeast of New Holland, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Coatesville, Kennett Square, Oxford, Parkesburg, West Grove,
  Homeville, Cochranville, Ladenberg, Kemblesville, North Star,
  Atglen, South Coatesville, Avondale, Modena and Toughkenamon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3983 7602 3987 7601 3987 7599 3992 7600
      3994 7598 3995 7600 4006 7593 3987 7559
      3983 7560 3981 7570 3977 7575 3972 7577
      3972 7594 3983 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 313DEG 30KT 3995 7593 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Davis
1 follow-up statement
826 
WWUS51 KPHI 100051
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
851 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

PAC029-100100-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210610T0100Z/
Chester PA-
851 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire. However, gusty 
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3983 7602 3987 7601 3987 7599 3992 7600
      3994 7598 3995 7600 4006 7593 3987 7559
      3983 7560 3981 7570 3977 7575 3972 7577
      3972 7594 3983 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 313DEG 30KT 3978 7570 

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester2 hr

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.