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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Delaware, 2003

12 severe thunderstorm watches in 2003. 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 in 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
12
Busiest month
August5 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 8, 20031 severe thunderstorm watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSussex5 hr
May 31, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex5 hr
Jun 12, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle7 hr
Jun 14, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex6 hr
Jul 7, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNew Castle5 hr
Jul 9, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex8 hr
Jul 22, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex5 hr
Aug 22, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle7 hr
Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex5 hr
Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex4 hr
Aug 29, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNew Castle5 hr
Aug 30, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKent, New Castle, Sussex5 hr

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.

  1. May 8, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  2. May 31, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  3. June 12, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 14, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  5. July 7, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  6. July 9, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  7. July 22, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  8. August 22, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  9. August 26, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  10. August 27, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  11. August 29, 20031severe thunderstorm watches
  12. August 30, 20031severe thunderstorm watches

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.