Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- June 1, 1:56 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle County, Centerville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.817, -75.617
Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 1, 2004
A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees and wires in Christina and White Clay Hundreds. About 700 homes lost power.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 couple of trees and wires in Christina and White Clay Hundreds. About 700 homes lost power.
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 1, 2:50 AM EST, 11 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:50 AM EST, 11 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 350 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 SVR TSTM WTCH IN EFFECT ENTIRE FA UNTIL 6 PM EDT. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL BUT NO SEVERE WX YET. WILL CARRY AN INITIAL PERIOD IN THE ZONES FOR THE WATCH AND PSBLY SEVERE WX. THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL ARND MIDNIGHT...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT INTO WED. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTM ACTIVITY WED AFTN AND EVNG. COOLER DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN FILTERING INTO THE AREA LATE WED NIGHT BUT MAKE ITSELF FELT THU NIGHT INTO FRI NGT. LOOKS LIKE A STRETCH OF DRY WX FROM THU THRU MOST OF SAT. NEXT CHC FOR PCPN WILL BE SAT NGT THRU SUN NGT AS LOW PRES MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. && .MARINE... WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA THROUGH SUN. SWLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH WED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND AGAIN WED AHD OF A CDFNT. THE CDFNT IS FCST TO CROSS THE AREA WED NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A WIND SHIFT TO THE NW. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE BY ON THU AND FRI...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT BACK TO THE S OR SW FOR SAT AND SUN. && .AVIATION... AT 300 PM A LINE OF TSTMS EXTDD N TO S ACRS ERN PA INTO MD...AND WAS MOVG EWD AT AROUND 35 KT. THIS LINE SHOULD REACH THE PHL AREA AROUND 500 PM AND...IF IT PERSISTS...MOVE OFF THE NJ COAST BTWN 600 AND 700 PM. THE LINE HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THERE IS ALSO SCT TSTM ACTVTY AHD OF AND BHND THE LINE...BUT THIS SHOULD TAPER OFF TWDS SUNSET. PLACES THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL THIS AFTN COULD HAVE FOG FORM LATER TONIGHT AS SKIES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE JUST SCT CLDS AND WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MPO 51 73 48 67 / 40 50 30 20 ABE 56 78 54 72 / 40 50 30 20 RDG 57 79 54 73 / 40 50 30 20 PHL 62 83 62 78 / 40 40 30 20 12N 54 78 54 70 / 40 50 40 20 SMQ 56 79 56 71 / 40 40 30 20 TTN 58 81 59 75 / 40 40 30 20 MIV 58 82 58 75 / 40 30 30 20 N55 60 75 60 67 / 40 30 30 20 ACY 59 81 58 71 / 40 30 30 20 ILG 61 83 61 77 / 40 40 30 20 DOV 60 83 60 76 / 40 30 30 20 GED 60 85 61 77 / 40 30 30 20 && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE/OCEAN...NONE. MARINE/DEL BAY...NONE. && RPW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 9:53 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-021100- ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ- CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA- COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA- DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ- INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ- MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNES MD- SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD- WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- 1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND NEW JERSEY EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORM...A FEW OF WHICH MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE EXTREME NORTHERN DELMARVA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... .SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. EBERWINE/MPD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:48 AM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1048 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071- 012200- BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CARBON PA-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA- DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ- MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE- NORTHAMPTON PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ- SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ- 1048 AM EDT TUE JUN 1 2004 ...THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON... AN LOW PRESSURE TROUGH APPROACHING THE AREA WITH SOME UPPER ATMOSPHERIC SUPPORT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, THE EXTREME NORTHERN DELMARVA AND PARTS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY GENERATE LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI. MPD
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:56 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1 to 30, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 3, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, June 1, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 1, 2004
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 1, 2004
- Flooding in Kentucky, June 1 to 9, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 1 to 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2004
More
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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: 5407972.