Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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 27, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2023, 3:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chester County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Devault, PA | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 NNW Devault. Downed tree in wires on Church Rd and Pickering Dam Rd. Time estimated from radar. Corrected time. |
| Jun 27, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Devault, PA | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 NNW Devault. Downed tree in wires on Church Rd and Pickering Dam Rd. Time estimated from radar. Corrected time. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KPHI 271925
SVRPHI
PAC029-272015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0126.230627T1925Z-230627T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
325 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 325 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
Lionville-Marchwood, or 7 miles north of West Chester, moving
northeast at 15 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...
Phoenixville, Valley Forge, Chester Springs, Pughtown, Lionville,
Lionville-Marchwood, Paoli, Spring City, Malvern, Exton,
Chesterbrook, Kenilworth and South Pottstown.
This includes Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 310 and 325.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Mount Holly NJ.
&&
LAT...LON 4024 7565 4016 7552 4015 7552 4015 7550
4014 7551 4012 7546 4011 7547 4009 7545
4009 7542 3999 7561 4005 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 216DEG 12KT 4006 7562
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MPS1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KPHI 271944
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
344 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023
PAC029-271953-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-230627T2015Z/
Chester PA-
344 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.
LAT...LON 4024 7565 4016 7552 4015 7552 4015 7550
4014 7551 4012 7546 4011 7547 4009 7545
4009 7542 3999 7561 4005 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 216DEG 12KT 4011 7557
$$
MPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 9:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 10:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Philadelphia | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 2:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 3:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 3:02 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 3:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 109 min |
| Jun 27, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 22 min |
| Jun 27, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Philadelphia | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 45 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.