EF0 Tornado — Sussex, Delaware

2025-06-30 · near Frankford, Sussex, Delaware

0.5 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

Damage assessment determined that an EF0 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 65 mph briefly touched down along Omar Rd in Frankford, DE and moved ESE over a heavily forested area towards Shockley Town Rd. Several brief video clips shared by broadcast media and social media showed various angles of a tornado in progress in the heavily forested area between Omar Rd and Shockley Town Rd. Several large branches were twisted and snapped along Omar Rd. Additional damage is possible in the heavily forested area, but the survey team was unable to access the area.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moved into a warm and unstable airmass, producing strong to severe thunderstorms and damaging wind gusts. A storm along the sea-breeze also produced a brief tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1271288. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.