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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2025, 3:57 PM EDT for Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
- May 6, 2025, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2025, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 N Arlington Heights, PA | Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.). |
| May 6, 4:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | Bangor, PA | Public report ranging from pea to dime size hail in Bangor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
723
WFUS51 KPHI 061957
TORPHI
PAC089-095-062030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0005.250506T1957Z-250506T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
357 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 430 PM EDT.
* At 357 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over East Bangor, or 14 miles north of Easton, moving
north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Stormville, Arlington Heights, Stroudsburg, Analomink, Pen Argyl,
Delaware Water Gap, Tannersville, East Bangor, Bangor, Marshalls
Creek, Roseto, Bartonsville, and East Stroudsburg.
This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 302
and 314.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4085 7519 4085 7525 4106 7532 4106 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 183DEG 19KT 4090 7521
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Staarmann1 follow-up statement
152
WWUS51 KPHI 062014
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
414 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025
PAC095-062024-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250506T2030Z/
Northampton PA-
414 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
northeastern Pennsylvania.
LAT...LON 4098 7514 4094 7528 4106 7532 4106 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 184DEG 20KT 4101 7519
$$
PAC089-062030-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250506T2030Z/
Monroe PA-
414 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTY...
At 414 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over East Stroudsburg, or 11 miles southeast of Mount
Pocono, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Stormville, Marshalls Creek, Arlington Heights, Stroudsburg,
Bartonsville, Analomink, East Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap, and
Tannersville.
This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 302
and 314.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4098 7514 4094 7528 4106 7532 4106 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 184DEG 20KT 4101 7519
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
StaarmannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 37 min |
| May 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 44 min |
| May 6, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 48 min |
| May 6, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 59 min |
| May 6, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 49 min |
| May 6, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 57 min |
| May 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe | 26 min |
| May 6, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe | 44 min |
| May 6, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 46 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.