Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Delaware
314 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 314
- Busiest year
- 202622 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 10over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle | 9 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 9 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | New Castle | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 11 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.