Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2022, 2:04 PM EDT for Berks County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 20 min. 9 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
- Jul 1, 2022, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2022, 2:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Spring Twp, PA | TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jul 1, 2:06 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S West Wyomissing, PA | REPORT FROM TRAINED SPOTTER OF PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Sinking Spring, PA | PPL OUTAGE CENTER REPORTS TREES DOWN ON WIRES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Sw Sinking Spring, PA | REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.). |
| Jul 1, 2:08 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | West Wyomissing, PA | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN WEST WYOMISSING/SPRING TOWNSHIP. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Wyomissing, PA | MULTIPLE TREES/WIRES DOWN REPORTED IN READING/WYOMISSING/SPRING TWP AREA VIA EM. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Spring Twp, PA | REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.). |
| Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Wyomissing, PA | PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Shillington, PA | PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITH AN ESTIMATED SIZE GIVEN. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
622
WUUS51 KPHI 011804
SVRPHI
PAC011-077-011845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0096.220701T1804Z-220701T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
204 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
South central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 203 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sinking
Spring, or near Reading, moving northeast at 30 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...
Reading, Wyomissing, Birdsboro, Kutztown, Fleetwood, Sinking
Spring, Laureldale, Wernersville, Topton, Leesport, Bally,
Bechtelsville, Lyons, Spring Ridge, Shillington, West Reading,
Boyertown, Mount Penn, Mohnton and Kenhorst.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 44 and 45.
Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 6 and 11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4059 7574 4042 7548 4045 7553 4032 7564
4020 7597 4028 7610 4033 7614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 236DEG 27KT 4031 7600
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Iovino1 follow-up statement
365
WWUS51 KPHI 011824
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
224 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
PAC011-077-011833-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-220701T1845Z/
Berks PA-Lehigh PA-
224 PM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BERKS AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for far southern
Berks County until 300 PM.
LAT...LON 4059 7574 4042 7548 4045 7553 4032 7564
4020 7597 4028 7610 4033 7614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 236DEG 27KT 4040 7583
$$
RCMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jul 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 32 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.