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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
804 PM EDT Fri Aug 21 2026

...Storm Surveys Continue in portions of Delaware, northeast 
Maryland, and southeast Pennsylvania...

The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly NJ is
currently conducting a review of storm surveys for the areas near
Dover and Hartly in Kent County, DE, Barclay and Marydel in Queen
Anne's County, MD, and Downingtown in Chester County, PA. The 
survey is in relation to the severe thunderstorms that moved 
through the area on Thursday, August 20th, 2026.

*Update #1: Two additional tornadoes have been confirmed, one in
 Queen Anne's County in northeast Maryland and one in Chester
 County in southeast Pennsylvania. The total number of confirmed
 tornadoes from Thursday, August 20th within our County Warning 
 Area is now three.

An EF-1 tornado has been confirmed near Barclay in Queen Anne's
County, Maryland. An EF-0 tornado has been confirmed near
Downingtown in Chester County, PA.

We have previously confirmed that at least EF-1 tornado damage, 
with estimated peak winds up to 105 mph, occurred with the tornado
that impacted the Dover, DE area.

Surveys and analyses are still ongoing. Stay tuned for additional
updates as more information become available within the next few 
days.

The storm survey information will also be available on our
website at http://www.weather.gov/phi

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Gorse/MJL/Johnson/Staarmann