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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 4, 2006Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 7:01 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 89 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2006, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Lewes, DEREPORT FROM CAPE HENLOPEN PILOT TOWER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 12:00Z on 2006-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1321 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 042305
SVRPHI
DEC005-050030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0137.060704T2301Z-060705T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
701 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY MOVING             
  SOUTHEAST...AND ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM     
  CAROLINE AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES IN MARYLAND. ALL THESE            
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS SUSSEX COUNTY DURING THE       
  EVENING HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS  
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND    
  LIGHTNING.


* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  SLAUGHTER BEACH...SEAFORD...MILTON...REHOBOTH BEACH...
  MILLSBORO...LONG NECK...LEWES...LAUREL...ELLENDALE AND
  BRIDGEVILLE.

LAT...LON 3880 7571 3847 7568 3846 7504 3878 7508
      3893 7535

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle28 min
Jul 4, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle36 min
Jul 4, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent28 min
Jul 4, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent40 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.