Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 23, 1999Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1999, 4:53 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 23, 1999, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1999, 5:25 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 1999-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1999-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-390 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 232053 RRA
SVRPHL
DEC005-232125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT FRI APR 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN DELAWARE.

* UNTIL 525 PM EDT.

* AT 452 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF BLADES... MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SEAFORD AT 500 PM EDT.
  LAUREL AT 505 PM EDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND DO
NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER
MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. IF CAUGHT IN RISING FLOOD WATERS...
ABANDON YOUR CAR QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

.END
WN/AC

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.