Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 27, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 27, 2005
Start: 2005-07-27T18:20
End: 2005-07-27T18:20
Location: Delaware

July 27, 2005 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

S. Route 40 corridor.

Where it happened

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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.

Severe thunderstorms tore down numerous tree limbs and power lines and several trees in New Castle County, particularly along the U.S. Route 40 corridor. About 17,600 homes and businesses lost power in the county. Power was not completely restored until the early morning of the 29th.

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 Jul 27, 4:00 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 4:00 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

ALL COASTAL WATERS ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL
10 PM...HAVE ADDED TO THE WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SEGMENT.

.SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE THIS EVENING...WILL NOT CARRY
IN THE ZONES.

FRONT WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY TONIGHT. WITH THE VERY
UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BEGIN TO POP
AT ANY TIME BUT IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR
IN THE LINE OF TSTMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS
THIS EVENING. A SEVERE TSTM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
ONCE THE FRONT CROSS THE REGION...OUR HEAT WAVE WILL COME TO AN
ABRUPT HALT. THE FRONT WILL BECOME ALMOST STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTH.
WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT. THE THREAT OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE HIGHEST IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. NORTHERN ZONES
MAY REMAIN DRY UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME THE
GFS BRINGS A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO OUR SOUTHERN ZONES FRIDAY.
THE NAM IS NOT AS WET AND DOES NOT BRING THE BULK OF THE RAIN AS
FAR NORTH AS THE GFS. WE WILL TAKE THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BUT
LEAN TOWARD THE NAM. THE NEXT WAVE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
ENTIRE FA UNDER A SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 10 PM. RAPID INCRS IN CU TO A
CIG. CONDS WILL THEN FLUCTUATE RPDLY AS TSTMS MOVE INTO FA. ANY
TSTM, ESP THOSE IN LINES OR CLUSTERS, WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
SUDDEN DROP IN VSBY, PSBLY TO LCLY LIFR, ALONG WITH A RAPID DROP IN
CIG HTS. TSTMS CAN ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS WND GUSTS AND
CG LTNG. AFT THREAT OF SVR WX ENDS, SHWRS AND TSTMS WILL REMAIN SCTD
THRU FA OVRNGT.
&&

.MARINE...
ENTIRE FA UNDER A SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 10 PM. TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN
CONT TO SEND IN A SWELL AVERAGING ARND 4 FT. TS IS CUR DRFTG TO THE
NNW AND HAS INTENSIFIED A LITTLE DURING THE MRNG HRS. WILL INTRO SCA
ON THE OCEAN BECAUSE OF THREAT THAT SWELLS WILL INCR IN HT TO OR ABV
5, PLUS PSBLTY THAT SEAS WILL BE PUSHED LCLY HGR IN SVR TSTM WND
SQUALLS. SEE LATEST UPDATED BULLETINS ON TS FRANKLIN FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

&&

.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...SEVERE TSTM WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL 10 PM.
NJ...SEVERE TSTM WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL 10 PM.
DE...SEVERE TSTM WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL 10 PM.
MD...SEVERE TSTM WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL 10 PM.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SEAS ON THE OCEAN FROM SANDY HOOK
         NJ TO FENWICK ISLAND DE...ANZ450>455.
      ...SEVERE TSTM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM OCEAN WATERS AND DEL BAY.

SYNOPSIS...
SHORT TERM...RPW
LONG TERM...RPW
AVIATION...HW
MARINE...HW

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:09 AM EST, 14 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
509 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

ANZ430-431-450>455-DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-
012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-281000-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...BETHLEHEM...
CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...
PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
509 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

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...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA,
NORTHEAST MARYLAND, PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND
ALL OF DELAWARE. MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE THREAT FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO END
THIS EVENING AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THIS HOT AND MOIST AIRMASS THIS
AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG IT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THE
MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR NEW JERSEYS BEACHES IN COASTAL
OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ON THE COASTAL CAPE MAY AND ATLANTIC BEACHES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY,
AND THE DELAWARE ATLANTIC BEACHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY DUE TO THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER.

SZATKOWSKI/EBERWINE(COR TO MENTION MOD/HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:20 PM EST, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
420 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             POCONO PINES            41.12N 75.46W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED.

&&

GORSE

Local storm report, Jul 27, 3:28 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
428 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             POCONO PINES            41.12N 75.46W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

0410 PM     HAIL             10 NE WEATHERLY         41.05N 75.69W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        CARBON             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE ALBRIGHTSVILLE
            AREA.

&&

GORSE

Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:29 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
529 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             10 NE WEATHERLY         41.05N 75.69W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        CARBON             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE ALBRIGHTSVILLE
            AREA.

0410 PM     HAIL             POCONO PINES            41.12N 75.46W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

0425 PM     HEAVY RAIN       STROUDSBURG             40.98N 75.20W
07/27/2005  1.30 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.30 INCHES OF RAIN AND STREET FLOODING REPORTED.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STROUDSBURG             40.98N 75.20W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NE STROUDSBURG       41.09N 75.06W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIRES AND TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE BUSHKILL AREA.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERNON VALLEY           41.24N 74.49W
07/27/2005                   SUSSEX             NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWNED.

0514 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUTLER                  41.00N 74.35W
07/27/2005                   MORRIS             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED.

&&

GORSE

Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:47 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
547 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             10 NE WEATHERLY         41.05N 75.69W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        CARBON             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE ALBRIGHTSVILLE
            AREA.

0410 PM     HAIL             POCONO PINES            41.12N 75.46W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STROUDSBURG             40.98N 75.20W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NE STROUDSBURG       41.09N 75.06W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIRES AND TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE BUSHKILL AREA.

0425 PM     HEAVY RAIN       STROUDSBURG             40.98N 75.20W
07/27/2005  1.30 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.30 INCHES OF RAIN AND STREET FLOODING REPORTED.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERNON VALLEY           41.24N 74.49W
07/27/2005                   SUSSEX             NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWNED.

0514 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUTLER                  41.00N 74.35W
07/27/2005                   MORRIS             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED.

0532 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE MOUNT ARLINGTON    40.97N 74.57W
07/27/2005                   MORRIS             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE KNOCKED DOWN INTO A HOUSE IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

&&

GORSE

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:12 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
612 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

DEZ001-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ068>071-272330-
BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...
PERTH AMBOY...PHILADELPHIA...TRENTON AND WILMINGTON
612 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

...GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH A GUST FRONT...

AT 6:10 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A GUST FRONT FROM CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY, SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS
MERCER, SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES AND INTO EASTERN
CHESTER COUNTY. THIS GUST FRONT IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 25 MPH, AND COULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

EXPECT WINDS TO BRIEFLY GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH AS THIS GUST FRONT
MOVES THROUGH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
10 PM EDT.

STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GORSE

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:00 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
700 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             10 NE WEATHERLY         41.05N 75.69W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        CARBON             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE ALBRIGHTSVILLE
            AREA.

0410 PM     HAIL             POCONO PINES            41.12N 75.46W
07/27/2005  0.50 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STROUDSBURG             40.98N 75.20W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED.

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NE STROUDSBURG       41.09N 75.06W
07/27/2005                   MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIRES AND TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE BUSHKILL AREA.

0425 PM     HEAVY RAIN       STROUDSBURG             40.98N 75.20W
07/27/2005  1.30 INCH        MONROE             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.30 INCHES OF RAIN AND STREET FLOODING REPORTED.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERNON VALLEY           41.24N 74.49W
07/27/2005                   SUSSEX             NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER LINES DOWNED.

0514 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BUTLER                  41.00N 74.35W
07/27/2005                   MORRIS             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED.

0532 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE MOUNT ARLINGTON    40.97N 74.57W
07/27/2005                   MORRIS             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE KNOCKED DOWN INTO A HOUSE IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N EXTON               40.12N 75.63W
07/27/2005                   CHESTER            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE 82 IN WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP.

0633 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW PHILADELPHIA       40.02N 75.15W
07/27/2005                   PHILADELPHIA       PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMBS DOWNED IN ROXBOROUGH.

0633 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NW PHILADELPHIA       40.03N 75.16W
07/27/2005  63 MPH           PHILADELPHIA       PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A 63 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER IN
            ROXBOROUGH.

0652 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RISING SUN              39.70N 76.06W
07/27/2005                   CECIL              MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES KNOCKED DOWN.

&&

GORSE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle

When: July 27, 6:20 PM EST
Where: New Castle County, Glasgow
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.600, -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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Delaware, July 2005

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: 5468198.