NWS Mount Holly NJSV.W 0318August 20, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Kent, Sussex, Caroline and 2 more, DE and MD
The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kent, Sussex, Caroline and 2 more in Delaware, Maryland, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on August 20. It was the 318th 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 39 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, Sussex, Caroline and 2 more
- State
- Delaware
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:21 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 0318
- 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... Northwestern Sussex County in southern Delaware... Southern Kent County in central Delaware... Talbot County in eastern Maryland... Southern Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland... Caroline County in eastern Maryland... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 620 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Starkey Corner to Flag Harbor, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Dover, Easton, Centerville, Talbot, Milford, Denton, Centreville, Harrington, Camden, Federalsburg, Milton, Bridgeville, Greensboro, Oakland, and Ridgely.
What the agency told people to do
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central and southern Delaware...and eastern and northeastern Maryland. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. 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 southern Delaware...and eastern and northeastern Maryland.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.