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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 14, 1995Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 5:52 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 68 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1995, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 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 KPHL 142155 RRA
SVRPHL
DEC001-142300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
552 PM EDT WED JUN 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  DELAWARE
 
   ...KENT COUNTY
 
 
 
AT 550 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN NORTHWEST KENT COUNTY NEAR KENTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN
LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH AND
SHOULD PASS WEST OF DOVER.
 
$$
CJ/SP

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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.