Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2007Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2007, 6:24 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 36 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 11, 2007, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
36 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 11, 6:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.883 Nnw Laurel, DENICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SEAFORD AREA. REPORT WAS RELAYED BY WFO WAKEFIELD.

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2007-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 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 2007-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 112225
SVRPHI
DEC005-112300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0057.070611T2224Z-070611T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
624 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF
  SEAFORD...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTH OF DOVER...AND MOVING SOUTH AT
  10 TO 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAUREL BY 640 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3873 7547 3870 7571 3847 7569 3846 7537

$$

JRP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 112233
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
632 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007

DEC005-112300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-070611T2300Z/
SUSSEX DE-
632 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST 
NORTH OF LAUREL...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF DOVER...MOVING SOUTH AT 
10 TO 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OVER...
  LAUREL IN SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY BY 640 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3873 7547 3870 7571 3847 7569 3846 7537

$$

JRP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle22 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.