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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
947 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0423 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NNE KITTS HUMMOCK 39.13N 75.39W
08/20/2026 M44 MPH ANZ430 DE MESONET
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE.
0441 PM TORNADO 3 N CORBIN CITY 39.35N 74.75W
08/20/2026 ATLANTIC NJ NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
0506 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE KENHORST 40.29N 75.92W
08/20/2026 BERKS PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREE ON WIRES - DOWN ON A RESIDENCE. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0511 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 N STOCKLEY 38.66N 75.32W
08/20/2026 SUSSEX DE PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. PHOTO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
SHOWING A LOW PRECIPITATION SUPERCELL WITH A
FUNNEL CLOUD OVER SUSSEX COUNTY. TIME AND
LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0511 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW NEW MORGAN 40.21N 75.90W
08/20/2026 BERKS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PHOTO OF A PORTION OF A LARGE TREE BROKEN IN
HALF ALONG MOYER ROAD IN MORGANTOWN. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0520 PM TSTM WND DMG HONEY BROOK 40.10N 75.91W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING ROUTE 322.
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNINGTON 40.01N 75.71W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
BASKETBALL HOOP KNOCKED OVER. ESTIMATED MAX
WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG GLENMOORE 40.09N 75.77W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA PUBLIC
TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS CREEK ROAD WITH
WIRES ARCING. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NNE CARDIFF 39.43N 74.58W
08/20/2026 ATLANTIC NJ PUBLIC
SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON AC EXPRESSWAY
NEAR MILE MARKER 8.9. ONE LANE IMPASSABLE.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW WEST POTTSGROVE T 40.28N 75.68W
08/20/2026 BERKS PA PUBLIC
TREE DOWN NEAR RATTLESNAKE HILL RD &
MANATAWNY DR. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0533 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST BRANDYWINE TWP 40.03N 75.76W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA PUBLIC
REPORT OF POWER LINES DOWN IN GUTHRIESVILLE,
EAST BRANDYWINE TOWNSHIP. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
0538 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST NANTMEAL TWP 40.12N 75.72W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN.
0540 PM TORNADO EAST CALN TWP 40.02N 75.68W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG DOWNINGTON 40.01N 75.70W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA PUBLIC
REPORT AND PHOTOS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF AT
LEAST 2 TREES DOWN ALONG EAST PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE IN DOWNINGTOWN. ONE FELLED TREE
APPEARS TO HAVE CRUSHED A SHED. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0541 PM TORNADO 2 W BARCLAY 39.15N 75.90W
08/20/2026 QUEEN ANNES MD NWS STORM SURVEY
A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED 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.
0541 PM TSTM WND DMG WEST GROVE 39.82N 75.83W
08/20/2026 CHESTER PA PUBLIC
TREES DOWN. SOME TREES ON WIRES.
0550 PM RAIN 3 SW MILMAY 39.40N 74.89W
08/20/2026 M3.51 INCH CUMBERLAND NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS STATION ESTELL MANOR 4.0 WNW
REPORTED 3.51 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER 3
HOURS.
0550 PM RAIN 1 SE ATLANTIC CITY INTE 39.44N 74.55W
08/20/2026 M1.98 INCH ATLANTIC NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
COCORAHS STATION REPORTED 1.98 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER 2 HOURS.
0554 PM TORNADO 1 S MARYDEL 39.10N 75.74W
08/20/2026 KENT DE NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO OCCURRED IN 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.
0557 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N TEMPLEVILLE 39.17N 75.77W
08/20/2026 QUEEN ANNES MD NWS STORM SURVEY
A FEW LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG BUSIC CHURCH
ROAD JUST NORTH OF EVERETT ROAD. THE TREES
TOOK DOWN POWER LINES, WHICH ALSO CAUSED A
POWER POLE TO BREAK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR.
0559 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE HARTLY 39.15N 75.68W
08/20/2026 KENT DE NWS STORM SURVEY
METAL ROOF PANELS BLOWN OFF OF A SINGLE WIDE
MOBILE HOME ALONG ROUTE 8 NEAR CRYSTAL ROAD.
NO OTHER NOTABLE DAMAGE NEARBY. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S HARTLY 39.15N 75.71W
08/20/2026 KENT DE PUBLIC
PICTURE SENT IN WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND SOME SPLIT OFF THEIR BASE. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0602 PM TORNADO HAZLETTVILLE 39.12N 75.64W
08/20/2026 KENT DE NWS STORM SURVEY
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
BARNâS 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 HOUSESâ 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.
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW WYOMING 39.12N 75.57W
08/20/2026 KENT DE TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF MOSTLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG
ALLABANDS MILL ROAD UPSTREAM OF WHERE THE
DOVER TORNADO BEGAN. SEVERAL LARGE TREE
BRANCHES DOWN AND WIND DAMAGE TO A LARGE
TRAILER. RADAR DATA SUGGESTS THIS DAMAGED
OCCURRED FROM THE RFD SURGE JUST PRIOR TO
TORNADOGENESIS CLOSER TO SCHUTTE PARK AND
KRAFT HEINZ COMPLEX AREA. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
0609 PM TORNADO 2 N WYOMING 39.14N 75.56W
08/20/2026 KENT DE NWS STORM SURVEY
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. AS
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ITS PATH, 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. THE TORNADO QUICKLY
DISSIPATED AFTERWARDS.
0610 PM TSTM WND DMG MARYDEL 39.11N 75.74W
08/20/2026 KENT DE PUBLIC
DOWNED TREE, TOOK DOWN POWER POLE AND WIRES
IAO 1900 BLK OF BUSIC CHURCH RD; TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD LOWER PROVIDENCE TOWNSH 40.18N 75.38W
08/20/2026 MONTGOMERY PA EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING AON APPLEDALE ROAD NEAR PARK
AVE AS MINE RUN EXCEEDED ITS BANKS.
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD WILMINGTON MANOR 39.69N 75.59W
08/20/2026 NEW CASTLE DE PUBLIC
ROAD FLOODING UP TO 5 INCHES DEEP OCCURRING
ON EAST BASIN ROAD NEAR 624 EAST BASIN ROAD.
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG DOVER 39.16N 75.53W
08/20/2026 KENT DE 911 CALL CENTER
SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE KRAFT
FOOD FACILITY. TORNADO POSSIBLE. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0617 PM HAIL 1 N PLYMOUTH MEETING 40.13N 75.28W
08/20/2026 E0.75 INCH MONTGOMERY PA PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD PROSPECT PARK 39.89N 75.31W
08/20/2026 DELAWARE PA EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM
PROSPECT PARK. FLASH FLOODING, ROAD
CLOSURES, AND WATER RESCUES REPORTED IN
PROSPECT PARK. TIME GIVEN IN REPORT.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD DARBY 39.92N 75.26W
08/20/2026 DELAWARE PA EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING, ROAD CLOSURES, AND WATER
RESCUES REPORTED IN DARBY. TIME GIVEN IN
REPORT.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD LANSDOWNE 39.94N 75.27W
08/20/2026 DELAWARE PA EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING, ROAD CLOSURES, AND WATER
RESCUES REPORTED IN LANDSDOWNE. TIME GIVEN
IN REPORT.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD RIDLEY TWP. 39.89N 75.33W
08/20/2026 DELAWARE PA EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RESCUES REPORTED AROUND RIDLEY
TOWNSHIP. TIME GIVEN IN REPORT.
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE ROXBOROUGH 40.01N 75.21W
08/20/2026 MONTGOMERY PA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
DOWNED TREES ALONG SCHUYLKILL EXPRESSWAY
NEAR EXIT 339.
0630 PM WATERSPOUT 6 NE KITTS HUMMOCK 39.17N 75.34W
08/20/2026 ANZ430 DE TRAINED SPOTTER
PHOTO OF A LARGE WATERSPOUT OVER DELAWARE
BAY TAKEN FROM A SHIP. TIME AND LOCATION
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0630 PM HAIL 2 N PLYMOUTH MEETING 40.13N 75.28W
08/20/2026 M0.75 INCH MONTGOMERY PA PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
0640 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 NNE KITTS HUMMOCK 39.12N 75.40W
08/20/2026 M39 MPH ANZ430 DE MESONET
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E FAIRLESS HILLS 40.18N 74.83W
08/20/2026 BUCKS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
2 TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 13 IN FALLS
TOWNSHIP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0707 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E WILLOW GROVE 40.14N 75.10W
08/20/2026 MONTGOMERY PA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM DROPPED 2 INCHES OF RAIN RESULTING IN
STREET FLOODING.
0714 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N BELLEPLAIN 39.32N 74.85W
08/20/2026 ATLANTIC NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORT OF A TREE DOWN AT THE 47 MILE POST OF
ROUTE 49 IN ESTELL MANOR. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
0716 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 SE VILLAS 39.02N 74.92W
08/20/2026 M67 MPH CAPE MAY NJ AWOS
AWOS STATION KWWD WILDWOOD.
0716 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SE VILLAS 39.02N 74.92W
08/20/2026 M67 MPH CAPE MAY NJ AWOS
AWOS STATION KWWD WILDWOOD.
0720 PM FLASH FLOOD WEST NORRITON 40.13N 75.38W
08/20/2026 MONTGOMERY PA EMERGENCY MNGR
EXTENSIVE FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED IN VARIOUS
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT WEST NORRITON AND LOWER
PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIPS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
PA. MANY STREETS NOT PASSABLE AND MANY
STREAMS WELL OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
0728 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N CORBIN CITY 39.35N 74.76W
08/20/2026 ATLANTIC NJ LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORT OF WIRES DOWN NEAR 11TH AVENUE AND
ROUTE 50. REPORT RECEIVED AROUND 9 PM, AND
THUS IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH THE EARLIER TORNADO NEARBY. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD WARMINSTER 40.21N 75.10W
08/20/2026 BUCKS PA 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES IN WARMINSTER. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0736 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 ENE LEWES 38.78N 75.12W
08/20/2026 M47 MPH SUSSEX DE BUOY
BUOY STATION LWSD1 LEWES NOS.
0744 PM FLASH FLOOD BROOKLAWN 39.88N 75.12W
08/20/2026 CAMDEN NJ DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
FLOODING ON US 130 BOTH DIRECTIONS AT CR 551
(BROOKLAWN), ALL LANES CLOSED SOUTHBOUND;
ALL LANES CLOSED NORTHBOUND.
0915 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 WNW FLOURTOWN 40.11N 75.22W
08/20/2026 MONTGOMERY PA OTHER FEDERAL
THE WISSAHICKON CREEK AT FORT WASHINGTON
WENT INTO FLOOD STAGE.
STAARMANN
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