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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 26, 2024Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2024, 6:21 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 min. 6 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 26, 2024, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 6:47 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Lake Harmony, PANWS storm survey conducted on wind damage in Kidder Township near Lake Harmony. Path of snapped and uprooted trees began on Chalet Court. Along Chalet Court and Lupine Drive from Chalet to Spring Street snapped and uprooted trees caused damage to nearby reside
Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLake Harmony, PASeveral trees down in the Lake Harmony area. Time estimated from radar.
Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPocono Pines, PAMultiple trees down across roads in Pocono Pines. Time estimated.
Jun 26, 6:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPocono Pines, PAMultiple trees down across roads in Pocono Pines. Time estimated.
Jun 26, 7:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 52Pocono Mountains Munici, PAASOS station KMPO Mt. Pocono.
Jun 26, 7:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 52Pocono Mountains Munici, PAASOS station KMPO Mt. Pocono.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

175 
WUUS51 KPHI 262221
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-262300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0057.240626T2221Z-240626T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
621 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mountain Top,
  or 9 miles southwest of Wilkes-Barre, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Scotrun, Blakeslee, Long Pond, Pocono
  Pines, Pocono Raceway, Lake Harmony, Gouldsboro State Park,
  Arrowhead Lake, and Tannersville.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 91 and 97.
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 277 and 302.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. This storm is producing 
widespread wind damage across central and southern Luzerne County. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from 
windows!

&&

LAT...LON 4104 7530 4102 7574 4105 7577 4109 7577
      4111 7571 4113 7569 4112 7565 4123 7554
      4122 7551 4123 7551 4124 7546 4124 7533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 262DEG 32KT 4112 7596 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

RCM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks40 min
Jun 26, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton46 min
Jun 26, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton47 min
Jun 26, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe46 min
Jun 26, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks47 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.