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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dagsboro, DE | TREE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 12:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | New Castle | 17 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 27 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.