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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2012Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 25, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 11:19 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 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 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

111 
WUUS51 KPHI 251453
SVRPHI
DEC005-251530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0052.120625T1453Z-120625T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1053 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1051 AM 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
  SELBYVILLE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FENWICK ISLAND AND BETHANY BEACH AROUND 1100 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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 7536 3858 7522 3860 7511 3859 7509
      3860 7508 3861 7505 3860 7505 3845 7504
      3844 7505 3844 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 269DEG 29KT 3849 7512

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
833 
WWUS51 KPHI 251519
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1119 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

DEC005-251528-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120625T1530Z/
SUSSEX DE-
1119 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IS
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 3845 7536 3858 7522 3860 7511 3859 7509
      3860 7508 3861 7505 3860 7505 3845 7504
      3844 7505 3844 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1518Z 269DEG 29KT 3849 7494

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent95 min
Jun 25, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex28 min
Jun 25, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
Jun 25, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex13 min
Jun 25, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
Jun 25, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex29 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.