Alert archive / Delaware / Sussex County

Weather alerts in Sussex County, Delaware, 2020

247 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
247
Warnings
51
Watches
29
Advisories
76
Busiest month
August57 alerts
Busiest day
August 4, 20208 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 4 tornado warnings covering Sussex County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 7 minutes after it went out.

Sussex County, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings4175%1100%7 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings271641%3789%35 min
Flash flood warnings4250%4100%40 min

Each office's whole area, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: tornado warnings36975%2759%12 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings30823324%1,62689%26 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings654531%28694%96 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 5, 7:38 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jan 7, 2:27 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Jan 15, 1:18 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Jan 24, 9:24 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Feb 5, 2:56 PM ESTFlood WatchPHI29 hr
Feb 6, 2:55 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Feb 6, 8:24 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHI21 hr
Feb 7, 8:18 AM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI11 hr
Feb 7, 9:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI66 min
Feb 26, 12:53 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI8 hr
Feb 27, 12:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI50 min
Feb 27, 1:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI34 min
Mar 6, 5:44 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Mar 8, 4:01 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI7 hr
Apr 3, 4:57 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchPHI10 hr
Apr 3, 2:36 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHI19 hr
Apr 4, 9:58 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI4 hr
Apr 4, 5:16 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI22 hr
Apr 4, 9:06 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI22 hr
Apr 7, 9:30 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI33 hr
Apr 7, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI35 min
Apr 7, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI27 min
Apr 8, 4:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI64 min
Apr 8, 7:19 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Apr 9, 7:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI40 min
Apr 9, 11:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Apr 9, 12:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Apr 9, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI34 min
Apr 9, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI49 min
Apr 9, 2:40 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Apr 9, 3:32 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Apr 10, 3:43 PM EDTFire Weather WatchPHI12 hr
Apr 11, 4:01 AM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI15 hr
Apr 11, 3:32 PM EDTHigh Wind WatchPHI21 hr
Apr 12, 12:25 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningPHI29 hr
Apr 13, 3:43 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI17 hr
Apr 13, 5:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI31 min
Apr 13, 11:33 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 13, 1:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Apr 13, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI38 min
Apr 15, 2:52 AM EDTFreeze WatchPHI36 hr
Apr 16, 3:19 PM EDTFreeze WarningPHI18 hr
Apr 18, 3:07 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI29 hr
Apr 21, 3:34 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHI28 hr
Apr 21, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Apr 21, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI56 min
Apr 21, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI74 min
Apr 29, 3:14 AM EDTFlood WatchPHI48 hr
Apr 29, 3:15 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI29 hr
Apr 30, 4:00 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningPHI16 hr
Apr 30, 10:20 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI25 hr
Apr 30, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI54 min
May 1, 8:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI57 min
May 1, 9:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI40 min
May 1, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI45 min
May 1, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI32 min
May 3, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI44 min
May 3, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI20 min
May 4, 12:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 4, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI15 min
May 5, 3:33 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI36 hr
May 18, 9:30 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI4 days
May 18, 9:30 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryPHI55 hr
May 19, 3:46 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI7 hr
May 25, 9:01 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI12 hr
May 26, 3:21 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Jun 4, 6:06 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI22 hr
Jun 10, 3:16 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Jun 11, 3:16 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI18 hr
Jun 11, 6:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI115 min
Jun 11, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI33 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jun 11, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jun 15, 3:48 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI41 hr
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI44 min
Jun 22, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI15 min
Jun 25, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI28 min
Jun 27, 5:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Jul 1, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI45 min
Jul 1, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI54 min
Jul 1, 1:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 1, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 3, 12:19 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Jul 4, 3:52 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI20 hr
Jul 5, 1:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 5, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI31 min
Jul 6, 12:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 6, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 6, 4:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 6, 6:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI64 min
Jul 6, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI39 min
Jul 6, 8:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 8:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jul 6, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI37 min
Jul 6, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI24 min
Jul 6, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI56 min
Jul 9, 4:27 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI42 hr
Jul 9, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI30 hr
Jul 9, 5:06 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningPHI30 hr
Jul 10, 6:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI6 hr
Jul 10, 9:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI8 hr
Jul 10, 12:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 16, 3:43 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHI36 hr
Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHI64 hr
Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI64 hr
Jul 19, 11:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Jul 19, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI46 min
Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI28 min
Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI48 hr
Jul 22, 10:48 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 22, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 22, 4:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 22, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI52 min
Jul 22, 7:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jul 24, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI26 min
Jul 27, 3:06 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI29 hr
Jul 28, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI43 min
Jul 28, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI52 min
Jul 30, 12:24 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI6 hr
Jul 30, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI36 min
Aug 1, 3:20 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI29 hr
Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI48 hr
Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchPHI18 hr
Aug 2, 8:53 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI51 hr
Aug 2, 8:53 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryPHI51 hr
Aug 3, 5:08 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningPHI39 hr
Aug 3, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI25 min
Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI48 min
Aug 3, 4:26 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI38 hr
Aug 4, 1:41 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 4, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 4, 4:50 AM EDTTornado WarningPHI25 min
Aug 4, 5:15 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 4, 7:39 AM EDTTornado WarningPHI36 min
Aug 4, 7:51 AM EDTTornado WarningPHI24 min
Aug 4, 8:18 AM EDTTornado WarningPHI27 min
Aug 4, 8:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Aug 4, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI39 min
Aug 6, 3:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI44 hr
Aug 6, 5:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 6, 6:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI62 min
Aug 6, 7:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI47 min
Aug 6, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI29 min
Aug 6, 8:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI44 min
Aug 7, 8:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Aug 11, 3:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI28 hr
Aug 12, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 12, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI45 min
Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI3 hr
Aug 13, 3:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI17 hr
Aug 13, 11:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 13, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI38 min
Aug 15, 3:30 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI30 hr
Aug 16, 5:14 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI22 hr
Aug 16, 10:52 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI4 hr
Aug 17, 5:08 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI23 hr
Aug 17, 10:44 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI11 hr
Aug 17, 11:51 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI4 hr
Aug 19, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI46 min
Aug 19, 8:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI34 min
Aug 19, 9:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Aug 19, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI45 min
Aug 23, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 25, 7:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Aug 25, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI48 min
Aug 27, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI48 min
Aug 27, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI35 min
Aug 28, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 28, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI43 min
Aug 28, 7:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 28, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI37 min
Aug 29, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI32 min
Aug 29, 8:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Aug 29, 12:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 29, 2:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 29, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI26 min
Sep 2, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI55 min
Sep 3, 3:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Sep 3, 3:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 3, 6:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Sep 3, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI57 min
Sep 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI65 min
Sep 3, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI61 min
Sep 9, 5:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI29 hr
Sep 11, 8:39 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI23 hr
Sep 12, 7:16 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHI4 days
Sep 18, 3:32 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI34 hr
Sep 18, 4:05 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI17 hr
Sep 19, 4:21 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHI5 days
Sep 19, 3:36 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI23 hr
Sep 19, 6:19 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryPHI3 days
Sep 21, 3:48 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Sep 23, 5:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Sep 23, 6:10 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI3 hr
Sep 25, 8:01 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI119 min
Sep 30, 12:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Sep 30, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI62 min
Oct 12, 5:37 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Oct 12, 8:54 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI7 hr
Oct 13, 8:53 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI4 hr
Oct 17, 3:46 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Oct 20, 10:49 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI11 hr
Oct 22, 12:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Oct 23, 2:54 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI6 hr
Oct 28, 3:10 PM EDTFlood WatchPHI27 hr
Oct 29, 3:16 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Oct 29, 3:21 PM EDTFreeze WarningPHI42 hr
Oct 29, 3:33 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI21 hr
Oct 30, 12:58 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHI2 hr
Oct 30, 3:14 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Oct 31, 7:51 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI11 hr
Nov 1, 3:10 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI36 hr
Nov 6, 11:25 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI10 hr
Nov 11, 10:54 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Nov 12, 4:16 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI110 min
Nov 12, 6:06 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Nov 12, 10:15 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Nov 14, 2:09 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI26 hr
Nov 14, 3:11 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI31 hr
Nov 15, 3:33 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Nov 15, 5:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 15, 6:52 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Nov 15, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI80 min
Nov 15, 8:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI63 min
Nov 15, 11:02 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI3 hr
Nov 29, 3:03 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI22 hr
Nov 29, 3:06 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI25 hr
Nov 30, 12:26 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Nov 30, 1:07 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 30, 2:01 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI3 hr
Nov 30, 3:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Nov 30, 4:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Dec 4, 3:20 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Dec 5, 2:14 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Dec 5, 3:04 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Dec 14, 2:49 PM ESTCoastal Flood WatchPHI25 hr
Dec 15, 3:17 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchPHI16 hr
Dec 15, 3:27 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningPHI45 hr
Dec 15, 7:03 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI34 hr
Dec 23, 4:11 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchPHI11 hr
Dec 23, 3:23 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHI38 hr
Dec 23, 3:23 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI38 hr
Dec 25, 12:03 AM ESTCoastal Flood StatementPHI12 hr
Dec 25, 7:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI33 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.