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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 4:35 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 40 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 5, 2016, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sussex County, DE
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 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
147
WUUS51 KPHI 052035
SVRPHI
DEC005-052115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0042.160605T2035Z-160605T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
435 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 434 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAGSBORO...OR
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SELBYVILLE...DAGSBORO...MILLVILLE...OCEAN VIEW...FRANKFORD AND SOUTH
BETHANY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IN ADDITION TO 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 7537 3863 7505 3854 7504 3845 7504
3846 7505 3845 7506 3845 7534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 258DEG 36KT 3851 7519
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSE2 follow-up statements
037
WWUS51 KPHI 052051
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
451 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
DEC005-052115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
SUSSEX DE-
451 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 451 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLVILLE...OR
13 MILES NORTH OF OCEAN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLVILLE...OCEAN VIEW AND SOUTH BETHANY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY...IMMEDIATELY MOVE
OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 7514 3857 7516 3863 7505 3853 7504
3845 7504 3846 7505 3845 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 253DEG 30KT 3855 7506
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSE405
WWUS51 KPHI 052107
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
DEC005-052117-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
SUSSEX DE-
507 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN DELAWARE.
LAT...LON 3847 7514 3857 7516 3863 7505 3853 7504
3845 7504 3846 7505 3845 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 258DEG 36KT 3855 7506
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 52 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.