Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2011Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2011, 11:47 AM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 14, 2011, 11:47 AM EDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2011, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Kent County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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
Aug 14, 11:50 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGDover, DETREES REPORTED DOWN.

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2011-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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 2011-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

457 
WUUS51 KPHI 141547
SVRPHI
DEC001-141615-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0239.110814T1547Z-110814T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1147 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1141 AM 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 CAMDEN AND
  DOVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE CREEK AND LEIPSIC AROUND NOON EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...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 3916 7569 3933 7545 3932 7544 3931 7544
      3924 7538 3920 7539 3917 7540 3910 7539
      3902 7554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 230DEG 17KT 3914 7552

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
598 
WWUS51 KPHI 141604
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1204 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

DEC001-141615-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0239.000000T0000Z-110814T1615Z/
KENT DE-
1204 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN KENT COUNTY...

AT NOON 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 LITTLE CREEK AND 
DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3916 7569 3933 7545 3932 7544 3931 7544
      3924 7538 3920 7539 3917 7540 3910 7539
      3902 7554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 230DEG 17KT 3919 7544

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 1:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex6 hr
Aug 14, 2:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex4 hr
Aug 14, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex25 hr
Aug 14, 6:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle13 hr
Aug 14, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle4 hr
Aug 14, 7:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle4 hr
Aug 14, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle18 hr
Aug 14, 2:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle3 hr

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.