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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2024Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2024, 1:18 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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 30, 2024, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 30, 1:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Stoddartsville, PA	Trees and wires down on Old River Road. Time estimated from radar.
Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Coolbaugh Twp, PA	Trees and wires down on Jennifer Ln. Time estimated from radar.
Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Coolbaugh Twp, PA	Tree down on Cottonwood Lane. Tree hit a vehicle and is blocking road. Time estimated from radar.
Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 49	Pocono Mountains Munici, PA	ASOS 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 11:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

401 
WUUS51 KPHI 301718
SVRPHI
PAC025-089-301800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0073.240630T1718Z-240630T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
118 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 200 PM EDT.

* At 117 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bear Creek
  Village, or near Wilkes-Barre, moving east at 40 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...
  Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Henryville, Pocono Pines, Analomink,
  Skytop, Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Scotrun,
  Blakeslee, Paradise Valley, Gouldsboro State Park, Arrowhead Lake,
  Long Pond, Cresco, Marshalls Creek, and Arlington Heights.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 96 and 97.
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 282 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4113 7506 4102 7507
      4108 7577 4109 7577 4111 7571 4113 7569
      4112 7565 4112 7564 4123 7554 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 278DEG 37KT 4122 7577 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

1 follow-up statement

110 
WWUS51 KPHI 301739
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
139 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

PAC025-301749-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-240630T1800Z/
Carbon PA-
139 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
northeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4110 7559 4122 7555 4123 7554 4125 7513
      4115 7515 4114 7509 4113 7506 4102 7507
      4103 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 283DEG 40KT 4118 7546 

$$

PAC089-301800-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-240630T1800Z/
Monroe PA-
139 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY...

At 139 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gouldsboro
State Park, or near Mount Pocono, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Henryville, Pocono Pines, Analomink, Skytop,
Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine Mountain, Scotrun, Paradise Valley,
Gouldsboro State Park, Arrowhead Lake, Cresco, and Marshalls Creek.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 296 and 301.
 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 7559 4122 7555 4123 7554 4125 7513
      4115 7515 4114 7509 4113 7506 4102 7507
      4103 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 283DEG 40KT 4118 7546 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	53 min
Jun 29, 10:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	4 hr
Jun 30, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	48 min
Jun 30, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	50 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Northampton	63 min
Jun 30, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	45 min
Jun 30, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	59 min
Jun 30, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Northampton	49 min
Jun 30, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery	44 min
Jun 30, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	38 min
Jun 30, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	50 min
Jun 30, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	53 min
Jun 30, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	51 min
Jun 30, 5:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jun 30, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	40 min
Jun 30, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	39 min
Jun 30, 5:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jun 30, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	44 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.