Weather alerts in Delaware, 2003
91 weather alerts in 2003, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 91
- Warnings
- 37
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August29 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 6, 20035 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 9:53 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 6 hr |
| May 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | New Castle | 53 min |
| May 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sussex | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 117 min |
| May 11, 3:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 117 min |
| May 31, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| May 31, 3:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 114 min |
| Jun 12, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 12:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 119 min |
| Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 12:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | New Castle | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 117 min |
| Jul 9, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 74 min |
| Jul 9, 7:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 114 min |
| Jul 9, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 86 min |
| Jul 22, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 7:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 90 min |
| Aug 6, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 72 min |
| Aug 22, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | New Castle | 95 min |
| Aug 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 7:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 90 min |
| Aug 26, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 74 min |
| Aug 26, 5:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 57 min |
| Aug 27, 9:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | New Castle | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 61 min |
| Aug 30, 11:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 61 min |
| Sep 3, 1:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 6:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 7:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Oct 14, 10:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 90 min |
| Oct 14, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 52 min |
| Oct 14, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 44 min |
| Oct 15, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 28 min |
| Oct 27, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 41 min |
| Oct 27, 2:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 11:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 37 min |
| Nov 19, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Nov 28, 6:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 57 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 29 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 41 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.