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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 27, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chester County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Upper Oxford Twp, PA | Tree damage between Oxford and Russellville. Time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 728 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
714
WUUS51 KPHI 272006
SVRPHI
PAC029-272045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0334.260827T2006Z-260827T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
Issued by National Weather Service New York NY
406 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 406 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Oxford, or 14
miles northwest of Newark, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
West Chester, Coatesville, Westtown, Downingtown, Kennett Square,
Oxford, Parkesburg, West Grove, Honey Brook, Elverson, Homeville,
Glen Roy, Cochranville, Cheyney, and Pughtown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3980 7604 3982 7604 3983 7602 3985 7602
3987 7599 3993 7600 3993 7598 3995 7599
4004 7594 4009 7594 4012 7592 4014 7587
4021 7576 4024 7568 3997 7547 3995 7551
3993 7552 3972 7580 3973 7604 3977 7607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 238DEG 25KT 3981 7598
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PHI1 follow-up statement
240
WWUS51 KPHI 272029
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
Issued by National Weather Service New York NY
429 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2026
PAC029-272045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0334.000000T0000Z-260827T2045Z/
Chester PA-
429 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR CHESTER COUNTY...
At 429 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Grove, or
11 miles southwest of West Chester, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
West Chester, Coatesville, Westtown, Downingtown, Kennett Square,
Oxford, Parkesburg, West Grove, Honey Brook, Elverson, Homeville,
Glen Roy, Cochranville, Pughtown, and Marshallton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3985 7602 3987 7599 3993 7600 3993 7598
3996 7599 4004 7594 4009 7594 4012 7592
4014 7587 4021 7576 4024 7568 3997 7547
3994 7552 3993 7553 3993 7554 3991 7555
3986 7561 3976 7581 3976 7606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 238DEG 25KT 3989 7580
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PHIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 11:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.