Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 18, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 18, 2002
Start: 2002-06-18T17:15
End: 2002-06-18T17:22
Location: Delaware

June 18, 2002 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees along Main Street in Newark. The same thunderstorm pulled down limbs onto wires in Milltown (Mill Creek Hundred).

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees along Main Street in Newark. The same thunderstorm pulled down limbs onto wires in Milltown (Mill Creek Hundred).

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:57 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:57 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
257 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002

ERLY MRNG GRT LKS S/W IN WRN PA. AFTN HTG ALO WITH S/W BEGINNING TO
KICK UP TRW CNTRL AND WRN PA AND INTO NRN MD AND VA. SOME PRECIP
CLOSE TO CHESAPEAKE BAY.  WL GO WITH CHC PRECIP THIS EVE OR ERLY
TNGT OTRW P/CLDY. ACTIVITY SHUD DIE OFF WITH SUNDOWN.

OME CLDS LINGER TNGT.  FOR WED WL KEEP PRECIP OUT OF ZNS ATTM
HOWEVER MDLS SHOWING TROF TO BE MOVG SSE ACRS AREA. HAVE DECIDED TO
BUMP CLDS UP A BIT FOR WED FCST AND RUN POPS 10-25%...HIEST N.  ONCE
THIS FEATURE MOVS BY RDG ALFT BGNS TO BLD INTO AREA AS SFC HI S OF
NOVA SCOTIA NOSES WESTWARD.  THIS TO PROVIDE E-SE FLOW ACRS AREA ON
THU. WITH LIMITED MSTR...SHUD BE PLNTY OF SUN. TEMPS WL WARM WELL
INLAND AND BE HELD TO 70-75 FOR MAXES NR SHORE BEFORE E SEA BREEZE
NUDGES TEMPS DOWN.

WHILE PLNTY OF MSTR CONTS TO LURK TO OUR S...MDLS KEEP IT THAT WAY
THRU IMMEDIATE FCST PD AND MAYBE EVEN A BIT MORE BEYOND THAT.

ON MARINE...ALL QUITE.

FCSTID = 14
MPO   52  77  57  78 /  50  20   0   0
ABE   56  79  58  81 /  50  20   0   0
RDG   56  79  58  81 /  50  20   0   0
PHL   62  83  65  84 /  50  10   0   0
12N   54  78  58  80 /  50  20   0   0
SMQ   57  80  62  82 /  50  20   0   0
TTN   57  81  61  83 /  50  20   0   0
MIV   58  78  60  80 /  40  10   0   0
ACY   61  75  64  75 /  30   0   0   0
ILG   59  81  63  84 /  40  10   0   0
DOV   59  80  62  82 /  30   0   0   0
GED   59  80  62  82 /  30   0   0   0
ESN   58  81  63  84 /  40   0   0   0

.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

JWH

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle

When: June 18, 5:15 PM EST to 5:22 PM EST
Where: New Castle County, Newark
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.683, -75.750

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Delaware in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Delaware, June 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5300644.