NWS Mount Holly NJSV.W 0053May 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kent, Atlantic, Cape May and 1 more, DE and NJ
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kent, Atlantic, Cape May and 1 more in Delaware, New Jersey, which was in force until 1:00 p.m. local time on May 27. It was the 53rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026. Delaware had 6 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 6 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Delaware's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mount Holly NJ
- Area
- Kent, Atlantic, Cape May and 1 more
- State
- Delaware
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:58 a.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- Expires
- 1:00 p.m. EDT, May 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI SV.W 0053
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware since 2008Every warning type in Delaware
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The notice as issued
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Kent County in central Delaware... Southwestern Atlantic County in southern New Jersey... Southern Cumberland County in southern New Jersey... Cape May County in southern New Jersey... * Until 100 PM EDT. * At 1157 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Dover Base Housing, or 8 miles east of Dover, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. * Locations impacted include... Dover, Millville, Ocean City, Cumberland, Somers Point, Northfield, North Wildwood, Laurel Lake, Camden, Wildwood Crest, Woodbine, Sea Isle City, Estell Manor, Avalon, Longport, Stone Harbor, Corbin City, Bowers, Cape May Court House, and Scotch Bonnet.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware since 200856 a year
- Every warning type in Delaware
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels