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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 6, 2003Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2003, 12:23 AM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 2003, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2003, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 00:00Z on 2003-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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.

578 
WUUS51 KPHI 060423
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-060515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1222 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003

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 115 AM EDT.

* AT 1216 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAUREL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARRINGTON...BRIDGEVILLE AT 1245 AM.
  SEAFORD AT 1250 AM.
  FREDERICA...MILFORD...LAUREL AT 105 AM.
  ELLENDALE...SLAUGHTER BEACH...GEORGETOWN...BOWERS AT 115 AM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. NUMEROUS TREES AND 
WIRES WERE DOWN FROM EARLIER STORMS IN KENT COUNTY MARYLAND.

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.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3893 7572 3910 7543 3900 7530 3863 7509
          3847 7569

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.