Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 24, 2011Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2011, 2:12 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 63 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 24, 2011, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMillsboro, DETREE DOWN BETWEEN MILLSBORO AND LAUREL.
Jul 24, 2:31 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOak Orchard, DETREES DOWNED.
Jul 24, 2:59 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGeorgetown, DETREE ONTO HOUSE.

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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2011-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1438 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 2011-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

252 
WUUS51 KPHI 241812
SVRPHI
DEC005-241915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0189.110724T1812Z-110724T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
212 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLVILLE...OR 15 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SELBYVILLE AROUND 220 PM EDT...
  BETHANY BEACH AROUND 230 PM EDT...
  FENWICK ISLAND AROUND 245 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 3845 7528 3867 7544 3878 7528 3868 7512
      3865 7510 3865 7508 3863 7505 3863 7506
      3861 7504 3846 7503 3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 314DEG 13KT 3855 7516

$$

HEAVENER
1 follow-up statement
843 
WWUS51 KPHI 241832
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
232 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2011

DEC005-241915-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-110724T1915Z/
SUSSEX DE-
232 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCEAN VIEW...OR 19 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CURRENT WARNING OVER THE 
NEXT 25 MINUTES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH BETHANY BY 235 PM EDT...
  FENWICK ISLAND BY 245 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3845 7528 3867 7544 3878 7528 3868 7512
      3865 7510 3865 7508 3863 7505 3863 7506
      3861 7504 3846 7503 3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 314DEG 13KT 3851 7510

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:48 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIKent, Sussex16 hr
Jul 24, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex60 min
Jul 24, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex56 min
Jul 24, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex53 min
Jul 24, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr
Jul 24, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex55 min
Jul 24, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex62 min
Jul 24, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex65 min
Jul 24, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent62 min
Jul 24, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent54 min
Jul 24, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent64 min
Jul 24, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex62 min
Jul 24, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent62 min

Nearby

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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.