EF2 tornado in Kent County, Delaware
Tornado August 4, 2020 · Kent County, Delaware
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Kent County → New Castle County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado touched down in the vicinity of the Eagle Meadows
Apartment Homes on Sorghum Mill Road in Kent County then moved
across Route 10. It tracked nearly parallel to South State Street
through Anneville, the south side of Dover, where significant tree
damage occurred, including some treetops shredded from Poplar
Lane to the neighborhood around Steele Road. It was here where
some roof damage occurred to some homes especially due to fallen
trees, however a garage was significantly damaged on Dyer's Tree
Farm. The tornado then crossed over Route 13 near the Eden
Medical Center and very near the William Henry Middle School. A
couple sections of the school's roof were blown off along with
some tree damage nearby. A warehouse adjacent to the school had a
few sections of its metal walls torn off and a couple of tractor
trailer trailers flipped onto their side. The tornado then crossed
over Walker Road at Route 15 then to Westminster Village at Dover
near the intersection of Route 15 and College Road.
The tornado continued northward just east of Cheswold where it may have briefly lifted for a time with discontinuous tree damage
before moving through the east side of Smyrna where more notable
tree damage occurred. A 96 mph wind gust was measured at a
Delaware Department of Transportation weather station located on
Route 1 just north of Smyrna as the tornadic circulation passed
by. The tornado continued north-northwestward as it crossed Duck Creek into New Castle County.
The wider storm
Tropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012.
Began near Lebanon (39.1049, -75.5001).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 904089. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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