Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Jul 5, 1990, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
442 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL DELAWARE
 
   ...KENT COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS NEAR
 
  ...BOWERS BEACH
 
IN NORTH DELAWARE
 
   ...SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NEW CASTLE KENT AND NORTHERN
SUSSEX COUNTIES UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING.
 
A THUNDERSTORM WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL...DIME SIZE
REPORTED IN NEWARK...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO ABOUT 55 MPH
IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH NEW CASTLE COUNTY OF DELAWARE THEN
INTO NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KENT COUNTY AND OUT OVER THE DELAWARE
BAY. RESIDENT IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM AND TAKE
SHELTER AS THE STORM APPROACHES. MOTORIST SHOULD PULL OFF THE ROAD
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. BOATERS SHOULD AVOID THIS STORM. STREETS WILL
BE FLOODED AS THE STORM PASSES.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
CKD

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.