Alert archive / Delaware / Sussex County

Weather alerts in Sussex County, Delaware, 2012

252 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Sussex County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
252
Warnings
33
Watches
23
Advisories
81
Busiest month
June50 alerts
Busiest day
June 22, 201213 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Sussex County, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings15847%1688%20 min
Flash flood warnings3167%1100%47 min

Each office's whole area, 2012

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: tornado warnings8188%333%1 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings23815933%41090%28 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings572556%4973%55 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 12, 6:45 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI350 days
Jan 21, 2:30 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI6 hr
Jan 21, 8:32 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Jan 22, 7:28 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI15 hr
Feb 11, 3:37 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Feb 11, 6:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI104 min
Feb 20, 3:06 AM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI6 hr
Feb 24, 3:40 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI42 hr
Feb 24, 4:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI53 min
Feb 24, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI31 min
Feb 24, 5:03 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI42 min
Feb 29, 7:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI2 hr
Mar 2, 5:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI91 min
Mar 17, 12:16 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI11 hr
Mar 17, 9:12 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI11 hr
Mar 20, 2:02 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI8 hr
Mar 20, 9:23 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Mar 21, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI56 min
Mar 21, 8:02 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI14 hr
Mar 25, 3:28 PM EDTFreeze WatchPHI12 hr
Mar 26, 3:46 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHI29 hr
Apr 6, 11:20 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI12 hr
Apr 6, 3:10 PM EDTFire Weather WatchPHI13 hr
Apr 6, 7:56 PM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI24 hr
Apr 7, 3:49 AM EDTFire Weather WatchPHI18 hr
Apr 7, 10:02 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI14 hr
Apr 7, 8:14 PM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI24 hr
Apr 8, 4:07 AM EDTFire Weather WatchPHI16 hr
Apr 8, 10:03 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI15 hr
Apr 8, 8:01 PM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI24 hr
Apr 9, 4:03 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI14 hr
Apr 9, 3:12 PM EDTFire Weather WatchPHI13 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI24 hr
Apr 21, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI109 min
Apr 22, 3:45 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI20 hr
Apr 22, 4:14 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI20 hr
Apr 27, 3:18 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI17 hr
May 2, 7:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI63 min
May 4, 1:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 5, 3:27 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI21 hr
May 6, 3:47 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI24 hr
May 7, 3:20 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI21 hr
May 15, 6:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI50 min
May 20, 3:29 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI17 hr
Jun 1, 6:20 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Jun 1, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 1, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI64 min
Jun 2, 11:28 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Jun 3, 3:57 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI23 hr
Jun 3, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI95 min
Jun 3, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI67 min
Jun 4, 4:24 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI23 hr
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHI9 hr
Jun 5, 3:44 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI7 hr
Jun 5, 3:44 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI31 hr
Jun 5, 3:41 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHI9 hr
Jun 6, 5:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI6 hr
Jun 6, 10:51 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI23 hr
Jun 7, 4:51 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI23 hr
Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI28 hr
Jun 19, 3:32 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI3 days
Jun 22, 12:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI29 min
Jun 22, 1:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI118 min
Jun 22, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI66 min
Jun 22, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI60 min
Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jun 22, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI67 min
Jun 22, 4:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI61 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI57 min
Jun 22, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI50 min
Jun 22, 6:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jun 22, 9:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jun 22, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI61 min
Jun 22, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI63 min
Jun 22, 10:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI85 min
Jun 25, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI28 min
Jun 25, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI26 min
Jun 25, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI13 min
Jun 25, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI61 min
Jun 25, 10:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 25, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI26 min
Jun 25, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI29 min
Jun 28, 3:43 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Jun 29, 4:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Jun 29, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 29, 10:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jun 29, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI67 min
Jun 30, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI60 min
Jun 30, 3:48 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI16 hr
Jun 30, 7:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 2, 4:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI62 min
Jul 2, 2:56 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI7 hr
Jul 3, 2:19 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI10 hr
Jul 3, 3:28 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHI5 days
Jul 4, 3:39 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI8 hr
Jul 4, 6:33 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI25 hr
Jul 5, 4:28 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHI24 hr
Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI9 hr
Jul 5, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI62 min
Jul 8, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI57 min
Jul 8, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI60 min
Jul 8, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI53 min
Jul 9, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI3 hr
Jul 14, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI83 min
Jul 15, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI58 min
Jul 16, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI88 min
Jul 17, 3:36 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI82 min
Jul 19, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI64 min
Jul 19, 6:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 19, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI2 hr
Jul 20, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI62 min
Jul 20, 3:16 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Jul 21, 5:51 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI15 hr
Jul 24, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 24, 1:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 25, 3:09 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI51 hr
Jul 26, 3:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 26, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 28, 12:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI61 min
Jul 28, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 28, 4:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 28, 8:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC30 min
Jul 28, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI66 min
Jul 28, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI54 min
Jul 28, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI23 min
Jul 28, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI62 min
Jul 28, 10:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI69 min
Jul 29, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI52 min
Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI60 min
Jul 30, 11:30 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI13 hr
Jul 31, 4:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI53 min
Jul 31, 5:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI81 min
Jul 31, 11:08 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Aug 1, 9:24 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Aug 1, 1:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI57 min
Aug 1, 1:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Aug 2, 11:34 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI14 hr
Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI108 min
Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI59 min
Aug 2, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI103 min
Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 2, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI59 min
Aug 3, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI62 min
Aug 9, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI43 min
Aug 9, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI65 min
Aug 9, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI56 min
Aug 9, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI52 min
Aug 9, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI88 min
Aug 9, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI119 min
Aug 10, 8:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 10, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI65 min
Aug 10, 9:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 10, 10:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI115 min
Aug 10, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI61 min
Aug 10, 10:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Aug 11, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI63 min
Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI85 min
Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI39 min
Aug 14, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI56 min
Aug 14, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI61 min
Aug 17, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI81 min
Aug 25, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI60 min
Aug 25, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI80 min
Aug 25, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 25, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI86 min
Aug 25, 5:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Aug 26, 1:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Aug 26, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 26, 4:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI9 hr
Aug 26, 6:08 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI16 hr
Aug 26, 12:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 27, 11:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI119 min
Aug 27, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI57 min
Sep 2, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI95 min
Sep 2, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Sep 2, 3:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Sep 2, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI89 min
Sep 3, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI93 min
Sep 3, 2:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI114 min
Sep 4, 12:39 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI56 hr
Sep 6, 3:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Sep 7, 9:15 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI23 hr
Sep 8, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 8, 4:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Sep 8, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI58 min
Sep 9, 6:23 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI39 hr
Sep 17, 2:54 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Sep 17, 8:54 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI23 hr
Sep 18, 12:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 18, 1:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 18, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Sep 18, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI78 min
Sep 18, 6:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Sep 18, 6:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC30 min
Sep 18, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI38 min
Sep 18, 7:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI59 min
Sep 22, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI53 min
Sep 28, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI58 min
Oct 12, 2:40 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Oct 15, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI117 min
Oct 15, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI39 min
Oct 19, 4:15 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI14 hr
Oct 27, 4:51 AM EDTFlood WatchPHI71 hr
Oct 27, 5:05 AM EDTHigh Wind WatchPHI24 hr
Oct 27, 6:47 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchPHI23 hr
Oct 27, 5:08 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHI64 hr
Oct 27, 5:08 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Oct 28, 4:35 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningPHI52 hr
Oct 29, 3:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Oct 29, 6:10 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI28 hr
Oct 29, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI119 min
Oct 29, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI111 min
Oct 30, 6:03 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI20 hr
Oct 30, 8:48 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Oct 30, 9:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI12 hr
Nov 4, 4:02 AM ESTFreeze WatchPHI11 hr
Nov 4, 2:56 PM ESTFreeze WarningPHI13 hr
Nov 5, 3:15 PM ESTCoastal Flood WatchPHI24 hr
Nov 5, 3:20 PM ESTHigh Wind WatchPHI24 hr
Nov 6, 2:52 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningPHI40 hr
Nov 6, 3:41 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHI27 hr
Nov 7, 6:42 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Nov 12, 2:42 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI7 hr
Nov 13, 3:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI85 min
Nov 15, 1:43 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Nov 16, 5:32 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI6 hr
Nov 23, 5:16 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Dec 1, 7:09 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI14 hr
Dec 9, 4:23 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Dec 9, 7:23 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI14 hr
Dec 12, 7:31 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI14 hr
Dec 16, 8:41 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI16 hr
Dec 17, 3:27 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Dec 20, 3:25 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI25 hr
Dec 20, 9:11 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Dec 21, 3:16 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Dec 26, 3:40 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI21 hr
Dec 26, 2:45 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI19 hr
Dec 26, 8:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI78 min
Dec 27, 1:42 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Dec 30, 9:53 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI6 hr

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.