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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 2017Cumberland County, New Jersey; Caroline County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2017, 5:28 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey; Caroline County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 62 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 19, 2017, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2017-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 419 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 2017-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

618 
WUUS51 KPHI 192128
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-MDC011-NJC011-192230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0053.170619T2128Z-170619T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
528 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central New Castle County in northern Delaware...
  Kent County in central Delaware...
  Northeastern Caroline County in eastern Maryland...
  Central Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 630 PM EDT

* At 528 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Cheswold to Denton, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Vineland, Dover, Millville, Bridgeton, Smyrna, Laurel Lake, Camden,
  Clayton, Greensboro, Cheswold, Greenwich, Bowers, Goldsboro,
  Woodside, Viola, Hartly, Hazlettville, Dover Speedway, Sandtown and
  Green Spring.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 7578 3915 7575 3919 7576 3938 7569
      3942 7551 3942 7545 3939 7542 3941 7542
      3946 7502 3918 7493 3916 7499 3919 7509
      3916 7515 3939 7548 3927 7537 3906 7537
      3892 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 236DEG 29KT 3924 7557 3890 7583 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Meola
1 follow-up statement
354 
WWUS51 KPHI 192206
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
606 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017

DEC003-MDC011-192215-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170619T2230Z/
New Castle DE-Caroline MD-
606 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW CASTLE AND
NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central Delaware...and southern New Jersey.

LAT...LON 3932 7542 3926 7537 3927 7532 3934 7540
      3942 7534 3946 7502 3918 7493 3916 7499
      3919 7509 3916 7515 3927 7531 3925 7537
      3906 7537 3895 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 236DEG 29KT 3941 7525 3907 7551 

$$

DEC001-NJC011-192230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170619T2230Z/
Kent DE-Cumberland NJ-
606 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL KENT AND CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

At 605 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Bridgeton to near Rising Sun-Lebanon, moving northeast
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Vineland, Dover, Millville, Bridgeton, Laurel Lake, Camden,
Greenwich, Bowers, Woodside, Viola, Newport, Leesburg, Rising
Sun-Lebanon, Dover Base Housing, Bricksboro, Dover Speedway,
Fortesque, Mauricetown, Port Norris and Dividing Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3932 7542 3926 7537 3927 7532 3934 7540
      3942 7534 3946 7502 3918 7493 3916 7499
      3919 7509 3916 7515 3927 7531 3925 7537
      3906 7537 3895 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 236DEG 29KT 3941 7525 3907 7551 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Meola

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex27 min
Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr
Jun 19, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren48 min
Jun 19, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren3 hr
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren25 min
Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex15 min
Jun 19, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren37 min
Jun 19, 3:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren3 hr
Jun 19, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren49 min
Jun 19, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem38 min
Jun 19, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI36 min
Jun 19, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex17 min
Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem41 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Jun 19, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester39 min
Jun 19, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIUnion32 min
Jun 19, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jun 19, 5:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset3 hr
Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more51 min
Jun 19, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem45 min
Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jun 19, 5:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more3 hr
Jun 19, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean3 hr
Jun 19, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Monmouth, Ocean38 min
Jun 19, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jun 19, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland44 min
Jun 19, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Jun 19, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland43 min
Jun 19, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI52 min
Jun 19, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Ocean25 min
Jun 19, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's3 hr
Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's58 min
Jun 19, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot52 min
Jun 19, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot46 min
Jun 19, 5:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 hr
Jun 19, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot67 min
Jun 19, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle38 min
Jun 19, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Sussex16 min
Jun 19, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex23 min
Jun 19, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex45 min
Jun 19, 7:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.