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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2008Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:13 PM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2008, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2008-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2008-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 082212
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-082300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0127.080708T2213Z-080708T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
613 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENDALE BY 625 PM...
  MILTON BY 630 PM...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILFORD BY 635 PM...
  SLAUGHTER BEACH BY 645 PM...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG STONE BEACH BY 650 PM...

LAT...LON 3867 7563 3906 7538 3906 7537 3903 7533
      3898 7529 3892 7530 3889 7525 3882 7519
      3881 7517 3856 7544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 215DEG 28KT 3870 7546

$$

PO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 082252
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
652 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

DEC001-005-082302-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-080708T2300Z/
KENT DE-SUSSEX DE-
652 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SUSSEX AND EAST CENTRAL KENT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3867 7563 3906 7538 3906 7537 3903 7533
      3898 7529 3892 7530 3889 7525 3882 7519
      3881 7517 3856 7544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 215DEG 28KT 3895 7524

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.