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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 2000Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 10:58 PM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 37 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 24, 2000, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 11:35 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 11:02 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EBridgeville, 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 00:00Z, 3.0 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 375 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

071 
WUUS51 KPHI 250259
SVRPHL
DEC001-005-250335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1058 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE.
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE.

* UNTIL 1135 PM EDT.

* AT 1051 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...13 MILES WEST OF HARRINGTON...OR ABOUT 25
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRIDGEVILLE AT 1105 PM EDT...
  HARRINGTON AT 1110 PM EDT...
  ELLENDALE...MILFORD AT 1115 PM EDT...
  MILTON...SLAUGHTER BEACH AT 1125 PM EDT...

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

$$
JAE/MPD
NNNN

LAT...LON 3896 7573 3860 7570 3861 7509 3900 7516

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