Alert archive / Delaware / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2006, 8:46 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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 22, 2006, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Smyrna, DE | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN BLACKBIRD HUNDERED NEW CASTLE COUNTY. |
| Jul 22, 8:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Smyrna, DE | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN BLACKBIRD HUNDRED NEW CASTLE COUNTY. |
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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 2049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KPHI 230045 TORPHI DEC001-003-230115- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0001.060723T0046Z-060723T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 846 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE SOUTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLAYTON... OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN KENT COUNTY AT 900 PM EDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3933 7576 3924 7576 3930 7543 3939 7550 $$ STAUBER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 230106 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 905 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 DEC003-230115- /O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060723T0115Z/ NEW CASTLE DE- 905 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED NEW CASTLE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. LAT...LON 3932 7554 3926 7546 3930 7543 3937 7549 $$ DEC001-230115- /O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060723T0115Z/ KENT DE- 905 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY... AT 904 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIND DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. THE TORNADIC CELL WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. LAT...LON 3932 7554 3926 7546 3930 7543 3937 7549 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 47 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.