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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
338 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR AUGUST 20TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #2...
UPDATE
TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES CONFIRMED WITH THIS UPDATE. ONE
NEAR MARYDEL, KENT COUNTY, DE AND ANOTHER IN ESTELL MANOR,
ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ. A TOTAL OF FIVE TORNADOES HAVE NOW BEEN
CONFIRMED WITHIN OUR AREA FROM THURSDAY'S SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
WHILE WE HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO DID OCCUR NEAR MARYDEL, DE, NO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE WITH THIS UPDATE. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND DETAILS FOR THIS TORNADO WILL BE RELEASED
FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL STORM DAMAGE ANALYSIS ON SUNDAY.
DOVER, DE TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
START TIME: 6:09 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 MILES SW DOVER, KENT COUNTY, DE
START LAT/LON: 39.1396 / -75.5564
END DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
END TIME: 6:14 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 MILE NNE DOVER, KENT COUNTY, DE
END LAT/LON: 39.1700 / -75.5184
SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 20, 2026, A TORNADO FORMED OVER THE OPEN
FIELDS WEST OF WYOMING MILL RD NEAR RIVERSIDE RD, SCARRING THE
CROPS BEFORE MOVING TO THE TREE LINE EAST OF WYOMING MILL RD,
SNAPPING SEVERAL BRANCHES AND TREE TOPS. THE TORNADO THEN MADE
DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE DOVER LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELDS AT
SCHUTTE PARK, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS TWO OF THEIR
BASEBALL DIAMONDS. AT LEAST SEVEN LARGE WOODEN FIELD LIGHTING
FIXTURES WERE SNAPPED AT EITHER THE BASE OR HALFWAY UP, FALLING
ONTO THE FENCING SURROUNDING THE FIELDS. ADDITIONAL FENCING WAS
ALSO RIPPED FROM THEIR POSTS AND BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED
DIRECTLY FROM THE TORNADIC WINDS RATHER THAN IMPACTED FROM ANOTHER
OBJECT. ONE LARGE SCOREBOARD SECURED BY A BRICK FOUNDATION FELL
OVER AND A SECOND ONE SUPPORTED BY METAL POSTS WAS BENT AND LIKELY
CRUSHED BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE. PART OF A TREE WAS OBSERVED IN
THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE FIELDS WITH NO CLEAR ORIGIN.
THE TORNADO THEN HIT THE CITY OF DOVER VANSANT GENERATING
STATION, SHIFTING ONE TRAILER OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND CAUSING MINOR
ROOF DAMAGE TO A METAL BUILDING STRUCTURE IN ADDITION TO VISIBLY
DENTING THE METAL SIDING WITH UNKNOWN PROJECTILES. THE TORNADO
THEN CARVED A PATH THROUGH ANOTHER TREE LINE BEFORE IMPACTING A
FACTORY WAREHOUSE WHERE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
OCCURRED. TWO SECTIONS OF CONCRETE BLOCK WALLS COLLAPSED, A FEW
TRAILERS WERE SENT TUMBLING, AND A SMALL SECTION OF THE METAL ROOF
CAME OFF. THE DAMAGE TO THIS FACILITY CONFIRMED MAX WIND GUSTS OF
A HIGH-END EF-1.
THE TORNADO THEN MOVED ENE. CONTINUING ITS PATH, THE TORNADO ZIG-
ZAGGED THROUGH THE MAIN DOWNTOWN AREA OF DOVER WHERE IT WAS WEAKER
AT THIS POINT, DOWNING A FEW TREES AND SNAPPING BRANCHES ALONG W
NORTH STREET BEFORE TURNING TOWARDS DOVER CITY HALL AND TURNING
AGAIN TOWARDS MEMORIAL PARK. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN MOVING NNE
ALONG PARK DR AND KINGS HWY, DOWNING LARGE TREES AND BRANCHES. AS
IT APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF KINGS HWY AND N DUPONT HWY, THE
TORNADO INTENSIFIED AGAIN AND REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 100
YARDS. THE TORNADO REACHED A SECOND PEAK INTENSITY HERE AS IT
PEELED HALF OF THE ROOF OFF ONE MOTEL, DAMAGING THE ROOF TO THE
MOTEL NEXT DOOR, AND DOWNING TWO LARGE BUSINESS SIGNS. THIS
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE PROVIDED SECONDARY CONFIRMATION OF MAX
WIND GUSTS OF A HIGH-END EF-1. THE TORNADO QUICKLY DISSIPATED
AFTERWARDS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE KENT COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DELAWARE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY.
BARCLAY, MD TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95-105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 65 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
START TIME: 5:41 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 MILES W BARCLAY, QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MD
START LAT/LON: 39.1479 / -75.9016
END DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
END TIME: 5:42 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 MILE WNW BARCLAY, QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MD
END LAT/LON: 39.1490 / -75.8910
SUMMARY: A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED TOWN NEAR BARCLAY, SNAPPING AND
UPROOTING SEVERAL SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES IN A WOODED AREA
NEXT TO A RESIDENCE LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DELL FOXX RD
AND BARCLAY RD. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED EAST ACROSS A BEAN FIELD
AND ONTO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON BENTON CORNER RD, WHERE MORE
SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES, INCLUDING A ROBUST CEDAR TREE, WERE
SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE QUEEN ANNE'S
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH
THIS SURVEY.
EAST CALN TOWNSHIP, PA TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 60-70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.21 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
START TIME: 5:40 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1.7 MILES NE DOWNINGTOWN, CHESTER COUNTY, PA
START LAT/LON: 40.0183 / -75.6751
END DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
END TIME: 5:40 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1.8 MILES ENE DOWNINGTOWN, CHESTER COUNTY, PA
END LAT/LON: 40.0170 / -75.6717
SUMMARY: A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED IN EAST CALN TOWNSHIP. THE
FIRST DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST
LANCASTER AVENUE AND QUARRY ROAD, WHERE SEVERAL SMALL TREE
BRANCHES WERE BROKEN. A PATH OF MORE BROKEN TREE BRANCHES, SOME
WITH DIAMETERS UP TO 5 INCHES, CONTINUED ALONG A PATH IN THE
QUARRY CROSSINGS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE LAST TREE DAMAGE WAS
NOTED IN THE BACK PARKING LOT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
ESTELL MANOR, NJ TORNADO
RATING: EF-U
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: N/A
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: N/A
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
START TIME: 4:41 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 4 MILES SE ESTELL MANOR, ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ
START LAT/LON: 39.3500 / -74.7500
END DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
END TIME: 4:41 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 4 MILES SE ESTELL MANOR, ATLANTIC COUNTY, NJ
END LAT/LON: 39.3500 / -74.7500
SUMMARY: VIDEO FOOTAGE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA TAKEN FROM ALONG THE
GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER IN ENGLISH CREEK, EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
LOOKING TOWARD ESTELL MANOR SHOWS A VERY BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED,
LASTING APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS OR LESS, IN AN INACCESSIBLE
WOODED AND/OR MARSHY AREA ACROSS THE RIVER IN ESTELL MANOR. NO
REPORTED DAMAGE HAS BEEN DEFINITIVELY CONNECTED TO THIS TORNADO.
THEREFORE, THERE IS NO DAMAGE RATING, AND WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS EF
UNKNOWN (EF-U) UNLESS ANY DAMAGE REPORTS ARE RECEIVED FROM THIS
AREA. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR AND VIDEO
FOOTAGE.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
COOPER/GORSE/GUZZO/JOHNSON/MJL/STAARMANN
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