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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 14, 1990Kent County, Delaware

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1990, 11:41 AM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1990, 11:41 AM EDT (15:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1990, 12:42 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, DE

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1990-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 12:00Z on 1990-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILG 141541
TORILG
DEC001-141645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
1141 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN CENTRAL DELAWARE
 
   ...KENT COUNTY
 
FOR THE DELAWARE BAY FROM
ALONG THE DELAWARE COAST FROM
 
RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DENTON MARYLAND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO KENT COUNTY OF DELAWARE SHORTLY. A
TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM NEAR PRESTON MARYLAND AS IT PASSED
THAT AREA.
 
A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR KENT COUNTY OF DELAWARE UNTIL 1 PM
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL ENTER SOUTHWEST KENT COUNTY NEAR
WHITELEYBURG MOVING NORTHEAST TO NEAR WILLOW GROVE THEN APPROACH DOVER
AND PASS OVER THE DELAWARE BAY NEAR WOODLAND BEACH.
 
RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER.
CKD
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS.d..
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

Nearby

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Sources

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.