NWS Mount Holly NJSV.W 0316August 20, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kent, New Castle, Cumberland and 2 more, DE and NJ
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kent, New Castle, Cumberland and 2 more in Delaware, New Jersey, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on August 20. It was the 316th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Mount Holly issued in 2026. Delaware had 19 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 10 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Delaware's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 51 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Mount Holly NJ
- Area
- Kent, New Castle, Cumberland and 2 more
- State
- Delaware
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:09 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. EDT, August 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPHI SV.W 0316
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... New Castle County in northern Delaware... Northern Kent County in central Delaware... Western Cumberland County in southern New Jersey... Salem County in southern New Jersey... South central Gloucester County in southern New Jersey... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 609 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bohemias Mills, or near Middletown, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Vineland, Newark, Millville, Bridgeton, Middletown, Glassboro, Pennsville, Smyrna, Carneys Point, New Castle, Salem, Woodstown, Alloway, Clayton, and Quinton.
What the agency told people to do
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central and northern Delaware...northeastern Maryland...and southern New Jersey. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central and northern Delaware...northeastern Maryland...and southern New Jersey.
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