Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2009, 6:54 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 51 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
- May 9, 2009, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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
- 288 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 092254
SVRPHI
DEC005-092345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0022.090509T2254Z-090509T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
654 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LAUREL...OR ABOUT 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF SALISBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
THE LAUREL AREA BY ABOUT 705 PM EDT...
THE SYCAMORE AREA BY ABOUT 710 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 7564 3847 7571 3863 7572 3865 7570
3881 7518 3879 7513 3879 7511 3881 7509
3880 7507 3846 7503 3845 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 258DEG 44KT 3854 7578
$$
MPD1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 092325
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
725 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009
DEC005-092345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090509T2345Z/
SUSSEX DE-
725 PM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MILLSBORO...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LONG
NECK...MILLVILLE...OCEAN VIEW...LEWES...FENWICK ISLAND...BETHANY
BEACH...SOUTH BETHANY...HENLOPEN ACRES...DEWEY BEACH AND REHOBOTH
BEACH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 7566 3846 7569 3853 7563 3861 7555
3868 7550 3881 7518 3879 7513 3879 7511
3881 7509 3880 7507 3846 7503 3845 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 258DEG 44KT 3862 7527
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.