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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 31, 2025Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2025, 9:48 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 42 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
Mar 31, 2025, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2025, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2025-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 2025-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted.

449 
WUUS51 KPHI 010148
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-MDC011-041-010230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0010.250401T0148Z-250401T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
948 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Sussex County in southern Delaware...
  Southern Kent County in central Delaware...
  Eastern Talbot County in eastern Maryland...
  Caroline County in eastern Maryland...

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 947 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Cordova to near Deal Island, moving east at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Dagsboro, Preston, Blades, Smithville, Gumboro, Harrington, Long
  Neck, Denton, South Bethany, Ellendale, Cape Henlopen State Park,
  Federalsburg, Dewey Beach, Agner, Choptank, Ocean View,
  Bridgeville, Delmar, Bethel, and Windyhill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3846 7505 3845 7505 3846 7569 3864 7571
      3869 7577 3868 7580 3870 7580 3871 7584
      3868 7593 3863 7598 3860 7599 3858 7604
      3890 7604 3906 7499 3845 7499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 262DEG 41KT 3884 7598 3821 7599 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RCM
1 follow-up statement
278 
WWUS51 KPHI 010213
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1013 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

MDC011-041-010223-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-250401T0230Z/
Talbot MD-Caroline MD-
1013 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TALBOT AND CAROLINE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3846 7569 3895 7573 3906 7499 3845 7499
      3846 7504 3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 262DEG 41KT 3888 7562 3825 7563 

$$

DEC001-005-010230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-250401T0230Z/
Sussex DE-Kent DE-
1013 PM EDT Mon Mar 31 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR SUSSEX AND SOUTHERN KENT COUNTIES...

At 1013 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Andrewsville to near University Of Maryland Eastern
Shore, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Dagsboro, Blades, Gumboro, Harrington, Long Neck, South Bethany,
Ellendale, Cape Henlopen State Park, Dewey Beach, Ocean View,
Bridgeville, Delmar, Bethel, Millville, Georgetown, Millsboro,
Andrewsville, Greenwood, Milford, and Laurel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3846 7569 3895 7573 3906 7499 3845 7499
      3846 7504 3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 262DEG 41KT 3888 7562 3825 7563 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RCM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's49 min
Mar 31, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot47 min
Mar 31, 10:03 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICaroline27 min
Mar 31, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2025Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.