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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 12, 2004New Castle County, Delaware; Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2004, 2:21 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware; Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2004, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2004, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties New Castle County, DE, Salem County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2004-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 731 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 2004-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 121821
SVRPHI
DEC003-NJC033-121930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
220 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  DELAWARE CITY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DELAWARE CITY BY 225 PM EDT...
  SALEM BY 245 PM EDT...
  NEW CASTLE BY 250 PM EDT...
  WILMINGTON MANOR BY 255 PM EDT...
  PENNSVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWPORT BY 300 PM EDT...
  WILMINGTON BY 315 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3962 7569 3947 7555 3960 7536 3976 7556

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 1:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHINew Castle3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.