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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 29, 2025Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2025, 2:21 AM EDT for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 26 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 29, 2025, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2025, 2:47 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2025-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2197 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 2025-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

637 
WUUS51 KPHI 290621
SVRPHI
DEC001-MDC011-290700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0099.250629T0621Z-250629T0700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
221 AM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Kent County in central Delaware...
  East central Caroline County in eastern Maryland...

* Until 300 AM EDT.

* At 220 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Greensboro,
  or 16 miles southeast of Centerville, moving east at 15 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...
  Denton, Harrington, Greensboro, Andrewsville, Felton, and
  Farmington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3889 7584 3897 7584 3903 7557 3884 7556
      3884 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 270DEG 13KT 3893 7579 

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

$$

AKL
1 follow-up statement
866 
WWUS51 KPHI 290647
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
247 AM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025

DEC001-MDC011-290657-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-250629T0700Z/
Kent DE-Caroline MD-
247 AM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KENT AND EAST
CENTRAL 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.

LAT...LON 3889 7584 3897 7584 3903 7557 3884 7556
      3884 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 270DEG 13KT 3893 7566 

$$

AKL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Jun 29, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex39 min
Jun 29, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2025Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 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.