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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 27, 2010Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2010, 8:38 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 37 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
May 27, 2010, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2010, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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
May 27, 8:38 PM EDTHAIL 0.88N Wilmington, DENICKEL TO DIME SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2438 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2010-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
2438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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.

011 
WUUS51 KPHI 280038
SVRPHI
DEC003-NJC033-280115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0048.100528T0038Z-100528T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
838 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILMINGTON...
  NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PENNS GROVE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  CARNEYS POINT AROUND 850 PM EDT...
  PENNSVILLE AROUND 855 PM EDT...
  WOODSTOWN AROUND 910 PM EDT...
  SALEM AROUND 915 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TALLEYWILLE 
DELAWARE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3982 7547 3961 7525 3953 7552 3964 7555
      3967 7552 3969 7552 3966 7555 3979 7559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 333DEG 18KT 3976 7551

$$

PO
1 follow-up statement
566 
WWUS51 KPHI 280106
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
906 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2010

DEC003-280116-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-100528T0115Z/
NEW CASTLE DE-
906 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3967 7549 3970 7542 3960 7529 3954 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 333DEG 18KT 3964 7543

$$

NJC033-280115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-100528T0115Z/
SALEM NJ-
906 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY...

AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SALEM...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LAT...LON 3967 7549 3970 7542 3960 7529 3954 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 333DEG 18KT 3964 7543

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem56 min
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
May 27, 11:46 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
May 28, 1:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.