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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 10, 1992New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 7:10 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1992, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1992, 7:33 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County New Castle County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 774 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
774 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMKent36 min

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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.