Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1999, 7:35 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware; Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1999, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1999, 8:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:38 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | North East, MD | |
| Apr 9, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Georges, DE |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 614 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WUUS1 KPHL 092336 RRA SVRPHL DEC003-MDC015-100020- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 735 PM EDT FRI APR 9 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE. SOUTHERN CECIL COUNTY IN MARYLAND. * UNTIL 820 PM EDT. * AT 732 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CECILTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PRICES CORNERS AT 740 PM EDT. WARWICK AT 740 PM EDT. MIDDLETOWN AT 745 PM EDT. CHESAPEAKE CITY AT 745 PM EDT. ODESSA AT 750 PM EDT. SUMMIT BRIDGE AT 755 PM EDT. GLASGOW AT 755 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 AMC/GSS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.