Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 18, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 7:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256
WUUS51 KPHI 182308
SVRPHI
DEC005-190015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0233.120918T2308Z-120919T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
708 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
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 815 PM EDT
* AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM SLAUGHTER BEACH TO GUMBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SELBYVILLE AROUND 715 PM EDT...
MILLSBORO AND DAGSBORO AROUND 720 PM EDT...
FENWICK ISLAND AROUND 725 PM EDT...
BETHANY BEACH...MILLVILLE AND LEWES AROUND 730 PM EDT...
REHOBOTH BEACH AND CAPE HENLOPEN STATE PARK AROUND 735 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3845 7551 3895 7539 3895 7532 3880 7517
3879 7511 3881 7510 3880 7508 3867 7505
3862 7505 3861 7504 3845 7504 3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 234DEG 39KT 3894 7530 3848 7542
$$
IOVINO2 follow-up statements
616
WWUS51 KPHI 182329
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
729 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
DEC005-190015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-120919T0015Z/
SUSSEX DE-
729 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MILTON TO MILLSBORO TO FRANKFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OCEAN VIEW BY 730 PM EDT...
SOUTH BETHANY...BETHANY BEACH...REHOBOTH BEACH AND CAPE HENLOPEN
STATE PARK BY 735 PM EDT...
DEWEY BEACH BY 740 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 7536 3895 7532 3880 7517 3879 7511
3881 7510 3880 7508 3867 7505 3862 7505
3861 7504 3845 7504 3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 234DEG 39KT 3906 7508 3860 7521
$$
IOVINO933
WWUS51 KPHI 182346
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
746 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
DEC005-182356-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-120919T0015Z/
SUSSEX DE-
746 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED OFF THE COAST. AS A
RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 3846 7536 3895 7532 3880 7517 3879 7511
3881 7510 3880 7508 3867 7505 3862 7505
3861 7504 3845 7504 3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 234DEG 39KT 3918 7486 3872 7500
$$
IOVINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 8:54 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Sussex | 23 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:13 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 21 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 69 min |
| Sep 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 78 min |
| Sep 18, 7:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.