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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2011Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 4:21 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 39 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, 2011, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 4:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Clayton, DE

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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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 2011-06-11The 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

183 
WUUS51 KPHI 112021
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-112100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0107.110611T2021Z-110611T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
421 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  DELANEY CORNER...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREEN SPRING AROUND 445 PM EDT...
  CLAYTON AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  SMYRNA AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  CHESWOLD AROUND 500 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 3940 7557 3918 7556 3923 7576 3937 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 275DEG 9KT 3930 7573

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
424 
WWUS51 KPHI 112048
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
448 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

DEC001-003-112100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-110611T2100Z/
KENT DE-NEW CASTLE DE-
448 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE AND NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTIES...

AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SMYRNA BY 455 PM EDT...
  CHESWOLD AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMBERSVILLE BY 500 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3940 7557 3918 7556 3923 7576 3937 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 283DEG 9KT 3927 7564

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex67 min
Jun 11, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle58 min
Jun 11, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex56 min
Jun 11, 6:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex113 min
Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex55 min
Jun 11, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 11, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent48 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent63 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.