Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2005, 2:14 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 28, 2005, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2005, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sussex County, DE
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 281816 SVRPHI DEC005-281915- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0052.050628T1814Z-050628T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 214 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG NECK AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... REHOBOTH BEACH BY 305 PM EDT LEWES BY 315 PM EDT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF ON THE INLETS...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OF INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM LAT...LON 3857 7527 3851 7516 3873 7493 3882 7519 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 281851 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 249 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 DEC005-281915- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050628T1915Z/ SUSSEX DE- 249 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF DEWEY BEACH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HENLOPEN ACRES...REHOBOTH BEACH...DEWEY BEACH AND LEWES BY 300 PM EDT IN ADDITION TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LASTLY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN AFFECT FOR THIS AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HOURLY STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE EXCEEDED 4 INCHES IN THE LEWES AND REHOBOTH HUNDRED. LAT...LON 3868 7521 3864 7507 3873 7493 3882 7519 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 113 min |
| Jun 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.