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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 2, 2006Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 75 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
Jun 2, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2006, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
75 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDagsboro, DETREE LIMBS DOWN IN DAGSBORO.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2006-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1113 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 2006-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 022216
SVRPHI
DEC005-022330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0067.060602T2215Z-060602T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
615 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  MILLSBORO AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LONG NECK BY 640 PM EDT...
  REHOBOTH BEACH BY 720 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3860 7535 3845 7523 3860 7488 3879 7503

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle38 min
Jun 1, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex49 min
Jun 2, 12:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHINew Castle17 hr
Jun 2, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.