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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT SUN AUG 23 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR AUGUST 20TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #3...
UPDATE
ONE ADDITIONAL TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH THIS
UPDATE NEAR HAZLETTVILLE IN KENT COUNTY, DE. A TOTAL OF SIX
TORNADOES HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED WITHIN OUR AREA FROM THURSDAY'S
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
THE DETAILS FOR THE MARYDEL AND HAZLETTVILLE TORNADOES ARE INCLUDED
BELOW. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE OTHER TORNADOES THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY CONFIRMED.
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.
MARYDEL, DE TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.33 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
START TIME: 5:54 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 MILE S MARYDEL, KENT COUNTY, DE
START LAT/LON: 39.0957 / -75.7399
END DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
END TIME: 5:56 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 MILES SE MARYDEL, KENT COUNTY, DE
END LAT/LON: 39.1025 / -75.7170
SUMMARY: A TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR MARYDEL BEGINNING ALONG THE EAST
SIDE OF GRYGO RD, ABOUT A QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION
OF MAHAN CORNER RD, TAKING DOWN SEVERAL TREE LIMBS NEAR A
RESIDENCE. IT THEN CROSSED GRYGO RD AND UPROOTED TWO VERY LARGE
OAK TREES THAT FELL ON THE CORNER OF A HOME. ADDITIONAL HARDWOOD
TREES WERE UPROOTED ALONG THE PROPERTY AS THE TORNADO HEADED ENE
INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWED THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO CUT A PATH THROUGH THE TREELINE, SNAPPING LARGE
BRANCHES AND UPROOTING A VARIETY OF TREES DOWN A NARROW PATH.
WHILE DRONE FOOTAGE WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE FULL LENGTH OF
DESTRUCTION IN THE WOODED AREA, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
WOODED AREA, A RESIDENCE ALONG PARKERS CHAPEL RD EXPERIENCED THE
TOTAL LOSS OF AN OLD BARN AND SHED IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL DOWNED
TREES AND BRANCHES.
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.
HAZLETTVILLE, DE TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70-80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
START TIME: 6:02 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 0.3 MILES ESE HAZLETTVILLE, KENT COUNTY, DE
START LAT/LON: 39.1159 / -75.6368
END DATE: AUGUST 20, 2026
END TIME: 6:03 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 0.9 MILES ENE HAZLETTVILLE, KENT COUNTY, DE
END LAT/LON: 39.1189 / -75.6271
SUMMARY: A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED JUST EAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF
HAZLETTVILLE, PRIMARILY IMPACTING A FARM AND ADJACENT FIELDS ALONG
BRYANTS CORNER ROAD. THE TORNADO BEGAN IN A FIELD JUST EAST OF A
RESIDENTIAL AREA, EVIDENCED BY SOMEWHAT DISCONTINUOUS SWIRL MARKS
THROUGH A CORN FIELD. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD
A GROUP OF CHICKEN HOUSES AND AN OPEN AIR BARN. IN THIS AREA, THE
TORNADO REMOVED NEARLY HALF OF THE BARN’S METAL ROOF PANELS, WHICH
WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THE TORNADO CAUSED WITH ESTIMATED
WINDS UP TO 80 MPH. THE TORNADO ALSO CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO
THE CHICKEN HOUSES’ METAL ROOFS AND A ROW OF SOLAR PANELS AFFIXED
TO THE GROUND NEARBY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS
ANOTHER PAIR OF CORN FIELDS, JUST SOUTH OF A RESIDENCE, THEN ENDED
JUST BEFORE REACHING BRYANTS CORNER ROAD.
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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