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Thunderstorm Wind in Kent County, Delaware

Thunderstorm Wind March 16, 2026 · Kent County, Delaware

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Downed trees, power lines, and a portion of a structural awning blown off of a building near Webbs Lane and New Burton Road in Dover. Time estimated from radar. Public report relayed via broadcast media.

The wider storm

With a strong wind field aloft already in place, showers and thunderstorms developed and formed into a line that moved through Delaware. This convective line brought damaging wind gusts and a tornado to Delaware.

Began near Camden (39.1300, -75.5500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1323659. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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