Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 7:34 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sussex County, DE
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4 hours 50 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, 4 hours 49 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, 4 hours 19 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, 4 hours 19 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, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Jones | 62 min |
| May 25, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Kent | 2 hr |
| May 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sussex | 2 hr |
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.