NWUS51 KPHI 222208
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
608 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

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. 


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