NWS Mount Holly NJSV.W 0365September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kent, Sussex and Caroline, DE and MD
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kent, Sussex and Caroline in Delaware, Maryland, which was in force until 3:45 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 365th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026. Delaware had 10 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 3 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Delaware's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mount Holly NJ
- Area
- Kent, Sussex and Caroline
- State
- Delaware
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:38 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI SV.W 0365
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Sussex County in southern Delaware... Southwestern Kent County in central Delaware... Southeastern Caroline County in eastern Maryland... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 238 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Andrewsville to near Federalsburg to 8 miles southeast of Taylors Island, moving south 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... Georgetown, Seaford, Millsboro, Laurel, Harrington, Federalsburg, Selbyville, Bridgeville, Delmar, Dagsboro, Ellendale, Gumboro, Smithville, Sycamore, Andrewsville, Blades, Greenwood, Frankford, Bethel, and Farmington.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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