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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 25, 2000Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2000, 5:33 PM EST for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 57 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
Feb 25, 2000, 5:33 PM EST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2000, 6:30 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, DE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 25, 6:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindCanterbury, 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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 2000-02-25Temperature 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 2000-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 
WUUS51 KPHI 252237
SVRPHL
DEC001-252330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
533 PM EST FRI FEB 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN DELAWARE.

* UNTIL 630 PM EST.

* AT 527 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 6 MILES NORTH OF HARTLY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESWOLD...HARTLY AT 540 PM EST...
  CAMDEN...DOVER AT 555 PM EST...
  RISING SUN...WOODSIDE AT 600 PM EST...
  VIOLA AT 605 PM EST...
  BOWERS...FREDERICA AT 615 PM EST...
  HARRINGTON AT 620 PM EST...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORM'S PATH...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

AMC
NNNN

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.