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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2025, 5:08 PM EDT for Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 52 min. 13 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
- Jun 19, 2025, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2025, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 19, 5:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stevensville, MD | Tree with wires down-Love Point Rd. near Kent Island High School. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stevensville, MD | Tree with wires down-Love Point Rd. near Kent Island High School. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Worton, MD | Corrects previous tornado report from 3 SE Worton. Winds took down a tree in the Goose Hill area, which landed on power wires and snapped a telephone pole in half. Additional wind damage in a nearby wooded area, where other trees were felled or damaged. Additi |
| Jun 19, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chestertown, MD | Tree with wires down at Double Creek Rd and Evergreen Farm Ln and McGinnes Rd. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Queenstown, MD | Multiple trees with wires down along 4H Park Rd between John Brown Rd, White House Ln, and Tilghman Neck. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Queenstown, MD | Multiple trees with wires down along 4H Park Rd between John Brown Rd, White House Ln, and Tilghman Neck. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Chestertown, MD | Tree down. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Galena, MD | Large tree limbs downed. |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Crumpton, MD | Tree on wires at Broad and 4th Street. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Crumpton, MD | Tree on wires at Broad and 4th Street. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sudlersville, MD | Multiple trees down at Sudlersville Cemetery Road and Higman Mill Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sudlersville, MD | Multiple trees down at Sudlersville Cemetery Road and Higman Mill Road. Time estimated from radar. |
| Jun 19, 5:45 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 41 | 2 Nne Port Penn, DE | Port Penn Mesonet gusted to 36 kt. |
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 19, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KPHI 192108
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-MDC011-029-035-192200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0073.250619T2108Z-250619T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
508 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern New Castle County in northern Delaware...
Northwestern Kent County in central Delaware...
Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...
Northeastern Caroline County in eastern Maryland...
Kent County in northeastern Maryland...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 508 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Bel Air South to near Newtown to near Stevensville,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Dover, Middletown, Centerville, Smyrna, Chestertown, Centreville,
Camden, Clayton, Delaware City, Cheswold, Rock Hall, Church Hill,
Millington, Sudlersville, Betterton, Goldsboro, Hartly, Old Town,
Hazlettville, and Morgnec.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 7631 3898 7628 3905 7623 3917 7628
3929 7617 3932 7618 3937 7611 3938 7577
3957 7578 3960 7557 3950 7550 3950 7554
3946 7554 3941 7544 3903 7559 3898 7619
3900 7617 3902 7624 3897 7625 3897 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 260DEG 48KT 3950 7635 3933 7623 3895 7638
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
AKL2 follow-up statements
166
WWUS51 KPHI 192146
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
546 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025
DEC001-003-MDC011-029-035-192200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-250619T2200Z/
New Castle DE-Kent DE-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-Kent MD-
546 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE...NORTHWESTERN KENT...NORTHEASTERN QUEEN
ANNE'S...NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE AND NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTIES...
At 546 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Green Spring to near Goldsboro, moving east at 55
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dover, Smyrna, Camden, Clayton, Cheswold, Millington, Sudlersville,
Goldsboro, Hartly, Woodland Beach, Green Spring, Hazlettville,
Delaney Corner, Massey, Sandtown, Dover Speedway, Wyoming, Kenton,
Leipsic, and Henderson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3935 7583 3938 7545 3903 7559 3902 7565
3903 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 262DEG 48KT 3937 7562 3903 7583
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
AKL220
WWUS51 KPHI 192200
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
600 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025
DEC001-003-MDC011-029-035-192207-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-250619T2200Z/
New Castle DE-Kent DE-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-Kent MD-
600 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE...
NORTHWESTERN KENT...NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE
AND NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning are moving out of the area and
the initial Severe Thunderstorm Warning is Expiring. A new Severe
Thunderstorm Warning has been issued.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
central and northern Delaware...and eastern and northeastern
Maryland.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Southwestern New Castle County and Northern Kent County in Delaware
and Northeastern Queen Anne's County, Northeastern Caroline County
and, East central Kent County in Maryland until 645 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3935 7583 3938 7545 3903 7559 3902 7565
3903 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 260DEG 48KT 3939 7549 3905 7570
$$
AKLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | New Castle | 15 min |
| Jun 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 27 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.