Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 6:06 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kent County, DE
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KILG 252208 RRA SVRILG DEC001-260015- EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 606 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL DELAWARE ...KENT COUNTY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ENTER KENT COUNTY FROM THE WEST WITHIN THE HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>099-100-101-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 245 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT MID-AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS... WERE OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE AND JUST SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHERN BLADEN...SAMPSON AND DUPLIN COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. NS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
NCZ080-087-089-090-092>099-100-101-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 245 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AT MID-AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS... WERE OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE AND JUST SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHERN BLADEN...SAMPSON AND DUPLIN COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. NS.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
NCZ95-97-98-100-101-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 315 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... SOME SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE. THE TIDE WILL BE HIGH ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 830 THIS EVENING. SOUTH FACING BEACHES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR FLOODING. SHALLOW FLOODING MAY BEGIN UP TO TWO HOURS BEFORE THE HIGH TIDE AND CAN CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER HIGH TIDE BEFORE RECEDING. PERSONS ALONG THE BEACHFRONT IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
NCZ95-97-98-100-101-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 315 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... SOME SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE. THE TIDE WILL BE HIGH ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AROUND 830 THIS EVENING. SOUTH FACING BEACHES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR FLOODING. SHALLOW FLOODING MAY BEGIN UP TO TWO HOURS BEFORE THE HIGH TIDE AND CAN CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER HIGH TIDE BEFORE RECEDING. PERSONS ALONG THE BEACHFRONT IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sussex | 2 hr |
| May 25, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sussex | 116 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.