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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 1996Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1996-06-24Temperature 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 242231
SVRPHL
DEC001-005-DEZ501-NJZ501-250030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
630 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN  DELAWARE

   ...KENT COUNTY
   ...SUSSEX COUNTY

AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM...

   ...CAPE HENLOPEN DE TO FENWICK ISLAND DE

   ...AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF DELAWARE BAY
 
AT 620 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ
WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CAROLINE COUNTY MARYLAND
MOVING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES BY ABOUT 635 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS ON LAND AND
TO MARINE CHANNEL 16...OPERATED BY THE COAST GUARD FOR THE LATEST
STORM INFORMATION.

IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR NEARBY COAST GUARD STATION AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE
QUARTER INCH OR LARGER...AND SOMETIMES TORNADOES.
 
JJM/JKF

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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.