Severe Weather

Courtesy MGN

DELMARVA - The National Weather Service issued two tornado warnings  Thursday afternoon while most of Delmarva remained under a tornado watch.

The first tornado warning was issued for Kent and Queen Anne’s in Maryland at about 2:45 p.m. on Aug. 20 after a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was detected over Rock Hall. That warning expired at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday.

Following the warning alert, the NWS then upgraded the majority of Delmarva from severe thunderstorm watch to tornado watch at about 3 p.m. All of Delmarva, except for Virginia’s Eastern Shore, was placed under the tornado watch until 10 p.m. Thursday night.

A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop. 

A second tornado warning was then issued around 4:15 p.m. for Kent County in Delaware. That warning expired at 4:45 p.m.

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