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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 13, 1994New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1994, 6:33 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 1994, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County New Castle County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1994-04-13Temperature 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 1994-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 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 132233 RRA
SVRILG
DEC003-132330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
633 PM EDT WED APR 13 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH DELAWARE
 
   ...NEW CASTLE COUNTY
 
THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 51 MPH
AND HAIL UP TO 11/4 INCH IN DIAMETER ACROSS CARROLL AND BALTIMORE
COUNTIES OF MARYLAND.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
VAUGHAN/TOWNSEND

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, Apr 13, 1:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
NCC061-103-133-141-132000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
151 PM EDT WED APR 13 1994

THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. EARLIER REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL WERE
RECEIVED FROM ROCKY POINT IN PENDER COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH.

PERSONS IN PENDER...DUPLIN...ONSLOW AND JONES COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 50
MPH.

CH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMKent67 min

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.