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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2011Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 56 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 19, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Kent County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 732 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 00:00Z on 2011-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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.

520 
WUUS51 KPHI 200019
SVRPHI
DEC001-200115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0185.110720T0019Z-110720T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
819 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST     
  OF DOVER AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOVER AROUND 825 PM EDT...
  BOWERS...RISING SUN...6 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN AND 6 MILES EAST OF
  WOODSIDE AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  6 MILES EAST OF VIOLA AND 7 MILES WEST OF BIG STONE BEACH AROUND
  835 PM EDT...
  HARRINGTON AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  7 MILES EAST OF ANDREWSVILLE AROUND 855 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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3897 7574 3918 7572 3934 7549 3932 7543
      3924 7538 3916 7540 3907 7539 3903 7533
      3896 7529 3894 7530 3895 7539 3892 7541
      3890 7549 3884 7555 3883 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 013DEG 39KT 3920 7541

$$
JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Jul 19, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex93 min
Jul 20, 4:04 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIKent, Sussex11 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.