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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 10, 2000New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
May 10, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County New Castle County, DE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 6:08 PM EDTHail 0.75Newark, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 102202
SVRPHL
DEC003-102230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
600 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DELAWARE CITY...STANTON AT 615 PM EDT...
  ELSMERE...NEW CASTLE...NEWPORT...WILMINGTON MANOR AT 620 PM EDT...
  WILMINGTON AT 625 PM EDT...
  BELLEFONTE AT 630 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL.

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.

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

NNNN



The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle27 min
May 10, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.