Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2016, 6:11 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- May 14, 2016, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:11 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 45 | Dewey Beach, DE | |
| May 14, 6:16 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 48 | Dewey Beach, DE |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
066
WUUS51 KPHI 142211
SVRPHI
DEC005-142245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0038.160514T2211Z-160514T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
611 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 611 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLVILLE...OR
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWES...MILLVILLE...HENLOPEN ACRES...CAPE HENLOPEN STATE PARK...LONG
NECK...OCEAN VIEW...SOUTH BETHANY AND DEWEY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3879 7523 3881 7511 3881 7506 3876 7505
3846 7504 3846 7505 3845 7505 3845 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 235DEG 46KT 3849 7515
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
PO1 follow-up statement
243
WWUS51 KPHI 142229
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
629 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016
DEC005-142245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160514T2245Z/
SUSSEX DE-
629 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 629 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HENLOPEN ACRES...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCEAN CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEWES...MILLVILLE...HENLOPEN ACRES...CAPE HENLOPEN STATE PARK...LONG
NECK...OCEAN VIEW...SOUTH BETHANY AND DEWEY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 7514 3881 7511 3881 7506 3876 7505
3846 7504 3845 7505 3845 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 235DEG 46KT 3862 7491
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 61 min |
| May 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 79 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.