Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Oct 18, 1990, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)

Expired

Oct 18, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

117 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex 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 WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
718 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN CENTRAL DELAWARE
 
   ...SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY
 
FOR THE DELAWARE BAY FROM
ALONG THE DELAWARE COAST FROM
 
IN SOUTH DELAWARE
 
   ...NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY
 
FOR THE DELAWARE BAY FROM
ALONG THE DELAWARE COAST FROM
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND TORNADOES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGIKNG
WINDS HAS JUST ENTERED SOUTH DELAWARE ALONG THE KENT SUSSEX COUNTY
LINE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH KENT COUNTY AND
NORTH SUSSEX COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE
MOVING ONTO THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY NEAR SLAUGHTER BEACH. OTHER STORMS
OF LESS SEVERE NATURE WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER THE AREA FOR THE
NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
657 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990

AT 630 THIS THURSDAY EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
PRECIPITATION WERE LINING UP RAPIDLY AND INTENSIFYING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST END OF PAMLICO SOUND THROUGH CAPE LOOKOUT ALONG THE
ATLANTIC GULF STREAM EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF FYINGPAN SHOALS
LIGHT TOWER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND NORTHEAST
ABOUT 52 MILES AN HOUR.  BOATERS ESPECIALLY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND PAMLICO SOUND...CARTERET COUNTY AND
ADJOINING ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO UNTIL
THESE STORMS PASS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND RAIN PATCHES WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT
OF NORTH CAROLINA NEAR DURHAM NORTHEAST INTO VIRGINIA NEAR RICHMOND.
ALL PRECIPITAITON WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR.  COVERAGE
CONTINUED TO DECREASE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

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.