Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2015, 12:35 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 21, 2015, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2015, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 12:51 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | Frankford, DE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206
WUUS51 KPHI 210435
SVRPHI
DEC005-210530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0054.150621T0435Z-150621T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1235 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT
* AT 1235 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GUMBORO...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN...MILLSBORO...LEWES...DAGSBORO...MILLVILLE...HENLOPEN
ACRES...GUMBORO...CAPE HENLOPEN STATE PARK...LONG NECK...OCEAN
VIEW...FRANKFORD AND DEWEY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3845 7547 3853 7555 3883 7521 3879 7516
3880 7509 3867 7507 3869 7508 3869 7514
3864 7513 3862 7508 3866 7507 3861 7506
3859 7521 3857 7518 3860 7506 3854 7506
3854 7507 3845 7528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 230DEG 21KT 3852 7541
$$
SFJ2 follow-up statements
965
WWUS51 KPHI 210457
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1257 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
DEC005-210530-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-150621T0530Z/
SUSSEX DE-
1257 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 1257 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLSBORO...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN...MILLSBORO...LEWES...DAGSBORO...MILLVILLE...HENLOPEN
ACRES...CAPE HENLOPEN STATE PARK...LONG NECK...OCEAN VIEW...FRANKFORD
AND DEWEY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3859 7548 3883 7521 3879 7516 3880 7509
3867 7507 3869 7508 3869 7514 3864 7513
3862 7508 3866 7507 3861 7506 3859 7521
3857 7518 3860 7506 3854 7506 3854 7507
3845 7528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 232DEG 27KT 3863 7523
$$
SFJ289
WWUS51 KPHI 210525
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
125 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
DEC005-210534-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-150621T0530Z/
SUSSEX DE-
125 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3859 7548 3883 7521 3879 7516 3880 7509
3867 7507 3869 7508 3869 7514 3864 7513
3862 7508 3866 7507 3861 7506 3859 7521
3857 7518 3860 7506 3854 7506 3854 7507
3845 7528
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 230DEG 21KT 3863 7523
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 12:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 4 hr |
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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.