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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 4, 2001New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2001, 5:58 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 47 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
Sep 4, 2001, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2001, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County New Castle County, DE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 6:10 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ENewark, 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
Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 2001-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 2001-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

768 
WUUS51 KPHI 042158
SVRPHI
DEC003-042245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
558 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 8 MILES WEST OF TALLEYVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLEYVILLE AT 605 PM.
  STANTON...ELSMERE...BELLEFONTE AT 615 PM.
  NEWPORT...WILMINGTON AT 620 PM.
  WILMINGTON MANOR...NEW CASTLE AT 625 PM.
  DELAWARE CITY AT 640 PM.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN
NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

$$

EBERWINE

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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.