Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2022, 4:56 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 1, 2022, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2022, 5:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
245
WUUS51 KPHI 012056
SVRPHI
PAC011-012145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0100.220701T2056Z-220701T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
456 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 456 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Strausstown,
or near Schuylkill Haven, moving east at 20 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...
Kutztown, Hamburg, Fleetwood, Leesport, Shoemakersville, Bernville,
Strausstown, Lenhartsville, Fairview Hgts and Centerport.
This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 19
and 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7609 4058 7606 4057 7602 4065 7598
4066 7586 4061 7579 4041 7579 4044 7620
4053 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 268DEG 19KT 4054 7612
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RCM2 follow-up statements
908
WWUS51 KPHI 012116
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
516 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
PAC011-012145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-220701T2145Z/
Berks PA-
516 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY...
At 516 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hamburg, or 11
miles southeast of Schuylkill Haven, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs,
siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Kutztown, Hamburg, Fleetwood, Leesport, Shoemakersville,
Lenhartsville and Centerport.
This includes Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 29
and 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7604 4057 7602 4065 7598 4066 7586
4061 7579 4041 7579 4044 7601 4054 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 268DEG 19KT 4054 7600
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RCM863
WWUS51 KPHI 012128
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
528 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
PAC011-012137-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-220701T2145Z/
Berks PA-
528 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY 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.
LAT...LON 4056 7604 4057 7602 4065 7598 4066 7586
4061 7579 4041 7579 4044 7601 4054 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 268DEG 19KT 4054 7592
$$
RCMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 20 min |
| Jul 1, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 18 min |
| Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.