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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 28, 2019New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2019, 6:33 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County New Castle County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

258 
WUUS51 KPHI 282200
SVRPHI
DEC003-282245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0145.190628T2200Z-190628T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
600 PM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern New Castle County in northern Delaware...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 600 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stanton, or
  near Newark, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
           possible.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Wilmington, New Castle and Delaware City around 605 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Brookside and Edgemoor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3979 7570 3974 7548 3971 7550 3972 7552
      3967 7555 3965 7559 3961 7555 3964 7560
      3962 7561 3959 7560 3959 7557 3958 7559
      3957 7557 3954 7559 3961 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 289DEG 37KT 3968 7564 

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

jjm
1 follow-up statement
829 
WWUS51 KPHI 282233
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
633 PM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019

DEC003-282243-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0145.000000T0000Z-190628T2245Z/
New Castle DE-
633 PM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.

LAT...LON 3979 7570 3974 7548 3971 7550 3972 7552
      3967 7555 3965 7559 3961 7555 3964 7560
      3962 7561 3959 7560 3959 7557 3958 7559
      3957 7557 3954 7559 3961 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 289DEG 37KT 3957 7522 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex26 min
Jun 28, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 min
Jun 28, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent36 min
Jun 28, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle23 min
Jun 28, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHINew Castle106 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.