Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2009, 3:01 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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 27, 2009, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:07 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Fenwick Island, DE | STARTING TO COVER THE GROUND. |
| Jul 27, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fenwick Island, DE | SIDING RIPPED FROM A BUILDING ON GRANT AVENUE. |
| Jul 27, 3:23 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Fenwick Island, DE | SECOND STORM OVER FENWICK ISLAND. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 271901
SVRPHI
DEC005-272000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0144.090727T1901Z-090727T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
301 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FENWICK ISLAND...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BETHANY BEACH AND MILLVILLE AROUND 315 PM EDT...
7 MILES EAST OF REHOBOTH BEACH AROUND 340 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 7521 3884 7522 3880 7516 3879 7511
3881 7509 3880 7507 3865 7505 3863 7506
3860 7504 3859 7505 3847 7503 3846 7503
3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 201DEG 27KT 3843 7509
$$
TFG1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 271935
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2009
DEC005-272000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-090727T2000Z/
SUSSEX DE-
335 PM EDT MON JUL 27 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 331 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR OCEAN VIEW...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS NOW
OVER THE OCEAN. A SECOND LIKELY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING
OCEAN CITY MARYLAND.
MARBLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE FIRST SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN FENWICK ISLAND.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEWEY BEACH...REHOBOTH BEACH AND HENLOPEN ACRES BY 350 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3845 7515 3873 7514 3876 7513 3879 7511
3881 7509 3880 7507 3865 7505 3863 7506
3860 7504 3859 7505 3847 7503 3846 7503
3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 201DEG 27KT 3858 7507
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
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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.