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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 2025Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2025, 3:42 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 9 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 14, 2025, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2025, 3:51 PM EDT
In force
9 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

145 
WUUS51 KPHI 141942
SVRPHI
PAC077-095-142030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0178.250714T1942Z-250714T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
342 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
  Central Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 341 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Northampton,
  or near Allentown, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Northampton, Hellertown, Nazareth,
  Slatington, Bath, Walnutport, Steuben, Neffs, Coffeetown, Emerald,
  Lehigh University, Claussville, Jordan Valley, Beersville,
  Schnecksville, Old Orchard, and Catasauqua.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4055 7565 4072 7573 4083 7535 4060 7523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 234DEG 12KT 4067 7552 

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

$$

SFJ
1 follow-up statement
935 
WWUS51 KPHI 141951
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
351 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025

PAC077-095-142001-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-250714T2030Z/
Lehigh PA-Northampton PA-
351 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEHIGH AND CENTRAL
NORTHAMPTON 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.

LAT...LON 4055 7565 4072 7573 4083 7535 4060 7523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 234DEG 12KT 4069 7548 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Jul 14, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton3 hr
Jul 14, 5:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton4 hr
Jul 14, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery6 hr
Jul 14, 7:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia2 hr

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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.