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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 6, 2025Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2025, 4:19 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.).

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

768 
WFUS51 KPHI 062019
TORPHI
PAC089-062045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0006.250506T2019Z-250506T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
419 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 419 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Analomink, or 10 miles east of Mount Pocono,
  moving north at 30 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...
  Marshalls Creek, Arlington Heights, Analomink, Shawnee, East
  Stroudsburg, Skytop, Alpine Mountain, and Canadensis.

This includes Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 313
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.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509 4112 7506
      4101 7509 4099 7513 4100 7522 4125 7526
      4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 190DEG 27KT 4107 7516 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Staarmann

1 follow-up statement

770 
WWUS51 KPHI 062032
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
432 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

PAC089-062045-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250506T2045Z/
Monroe PA-
432 PM EDT Tue May 6 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

At 432 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Alpine Mountain, or 12 miles east of Mount Pocono,
moving north at 30 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Monroe County.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4106 7508 4109 7521 4125 7523 4125 7513
      4124 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509 4112 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 191DEG 26KT 4115 7513 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Staarmann

The 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, 3:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	33 min
May 6, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	57 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.