Alert archive / Delaware / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2022, 6:44 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 2, 2022, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2022, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Laurel, DE | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN THAT FELL ON WIRES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 2, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
354
WUUS51 KPHI 022244
SVRPHI
DEC005-022330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0082.220602T2244Z-220602T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
644 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Sussex County in southern Delaware...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 644 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bridgeville to near Delmar, moving east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to
roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Georgetown, Seaford, Millsboro, Laurel, Lewes, Milton, Selbyville,
Bridgeville, Delmar, Dagsboro, Millville, Henlopen Acres, Gumboro,
Cape Henlopen State Park, Sycamore, Long Neck, Ocean View, Blades,
Frankford and South Bethany.
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 3846 7569 3879 7572 3881 7502 3845 7496
3846 7505 3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 272DEG 29KT 3877 7563 3844 7563
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Fitzsimmons1 follow-up statement
062
WWUS51 KPHI 022304
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
704 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022
DEC005-022330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-220602T2330Z/
Sussex DE-
704 PM EDT Thu Jun 2 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...
At 704 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Milton to near Gumboro, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Georgetown, Millsboro, Laurel, Lewes, Milton, Selbyville, Dagsboro,
Millville, Henlopen Acres, Gumboro, Cape Henlopen State Park,
Sycamore, Long Neck, Ocean View, Frankford, South Bethany and Dewey
Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 7557 3877 7558 3881 7502 3845 7496
3846 7505 3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 272DEG 37KT 3877 7537 3844 7537
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
FitzsimmonsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:44 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 9 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | New Castle | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.