Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- June 24, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle County, Hockessin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.783, -75.683
A severe thunderstorm pulled down about a dozen trees in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred).
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The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm pulled down about a dozen trees in Hockessin (Mill Creek Hundred).
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 24, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ...ISSUED BY NWS WASHINGTON DC/BALTIMORE 320 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2002 UPDATED DSCN FOR TWO THINGS...SPOKE WITH SPC. THEY DO NOT PLAN TO ISSUE A WATCH FOR THE PHL AREA. CELLS ARE PULSING UP AND DOWN...LACK OF SHEAR MEANS THAT ORGANIZED CONVTN IS UNLIKELY. ALSO..PHI JUST CALLED ME ABOUT HEAT ADVSRY..AREA HAS NOT BEEN REACHING CRITICAL VALUES TDA..AND ALTHO VERY WARM A SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT WL BE IN PLACE FOR TMRW...SO AM DROPPING HEADLINE OF XSCV HEAT FOR TUE. RMNDR OF 300 PM DSCN... LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE PD OF WX FOR NJ/ERN PA OVR THE NEXT SVRL DAYS. BNDRY LIES IN SVRL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA TNGT THRU TUE NGT B4 CONTINUING INTO NEW ENGLAND ON WED. PLAN IS TO CONTINUE W/ CHC OF TRW THROUGH TUE NGT. AS MENTIONED THIS MRNG TSTMS MAY BE SVR...FEELING IS ONES THAT DO DVLP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME VERY HVY RAIN PRODUCERS W/ PULSE SVR. CHC OF CONVECTION CONTINUES INTO THE EVNG..THEN OVRNGT WL BE VRY WARM/HUMID W/ LOWS ONLY GETTING INTO L70S IN MANY LOCALES. HZ/FG WL DVLP OVRNGT. ON TUE TEMPS WL AGN CLIMB INTO L90S W/ DWPTS IN L70S. BUFKIT SHOWS A PD OF CAPES OVR 1000 TUE AFTN. WIND FIELD REMAINS XTRMLY LGT - CELLS THAT DO DVLP COULD AGN BE VRY HEAVY RAINERS. THINK WED COULD BE AN IN BETWEEN DAY AS WARM FNT MVS N OF AREA..BUT UPR TROF/NEXT CD FNT WELL BACK OVR UPR MIDWEST. WEVE MOVED INTO THE HEAT OF SUMMER...AND IN HEAT/HUMIDITY ISOLD CELLS COULD FORM..BUT WOULD PREFER TO REFRAIN FM POPS ON WED. TEMPS ONCE AGAIN INTO LM90S. SUSPECT WED MAY NEED HEAT ADVSRY AS WELL. THU LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DAY OF CONVECTION...PSBLY BETTER ORGANIZED AS NEXT FNT APRCHS PA. THEN HIGH BUILDS OVR AREA FOR THE WKND. .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. GIGILISI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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