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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 7, 2023Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2023, 9:14 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports 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
Sep 7, 2023, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2023, 9:44 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 9:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Marydel, DEThe tops of some trees snapped off. Time estimated from radar.
Sep 7, 9:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Hartly, DEDE State Police reports trees down in the area of Route 8 blocking the roadway in Hartly. Time estimated from radar.
Sep 7, 9:35 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 411 Wsw Cheswold, DEK33N measured gust.
Sep 7, 9:44 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 40Dover Air Force Base, DEKDOV measured gust.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2023-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2650 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 00:00Z on 2023-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

349 
WUUS51 KPHI 080114
SVRPHI
DEC001-MDC011-035-080200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0320.230908T0114Z-230908T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
914 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Kent County in central Delaware...
  East central Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...
  Northeastern Caroline County in eastern Maryland...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 913 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sandtown, or
  12 miles west of Dover, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Dover, Smyrna, Camden, Cheswold, Goldsboro, Woodside, Viola,
  Hartly, Rising Sun-Lebanon, Hazlettville, Dover Base Housing, Dover
  Speedway, Sandtown, Rising Sun, Wyoming, Kenton, Little Creek,
  Leipsic, Henderson and Marydel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3897 7573 3912 7587 3930 7558 3912 7538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 234DEG 13KT 3909 7573 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MPS
1 follow-up statement
015 
WWUS51 KPHI 080144
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
944 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023

DEC001-MDC011-035-080154-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-230908T0200Z/
Kent DE-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-
944 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KENT...EAST CENTRAL
QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES 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 3897 7573 3912 7587 3930 7558 3912 7538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 234DEG 13KT 3916 7561 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 min
Sep 8, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 min
Sep 8, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex40 min
Sep 8, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent45 min
Sep 8, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent29 min
Sep 8, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent39 min
Sep 8, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle33 min
Sep 8, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle44 min
Sep 8, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex43 min
Sep 7, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot24 min
Sep 7, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot26 min

Nearby

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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.