Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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.
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 19, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
Meola1 follow-up statement
354
WWUS51 KPHI 192206
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
606 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017
DEC003-MDC011-192215-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-170619T2230Z/
New Castle DE-Caroline MD-
606 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW CASTLE AND
NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
central Delaware...and southern New Jersey.
LAT...LON 3932 7542 3926 7537 3927 7532 3934 7540
3942 7534 3946 7502 3918 7493 3916 7499
3919 7509 3916 7515 3927 7531 3925 7537
3906 7537 3895 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 236DEG 29KT 3941 7525 3907 7551
$$
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
$$
MeolaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 2:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 3:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 15 min |
| Jun 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 3:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 36 min | |
| Jun 19, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Union | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Jun 19, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jun 19, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Monmouth, Ocean | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jun 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 92 min | |
| Jun 19, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 min | |
| Jun 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 16 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 3 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.