STORM INFORMATION: City of Rehoboth Beach Prepares for Severe Weather

The City of Rehoboth Beach is monitoring a significant thunderstorm that is expected to impact our area this afternoon and into the evening. Thunderstorms and hail with damaging winds that could evolve into tornadoes are possible. Key safety reminders for residents, visitors and businesses: Strong to damaging winds are possible, so please secure all loose…

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Saturday’s Storms Bring Hail & Winds to Delmarva

After storms moved through Delmarva Friday night, we saw more heavy weather – with thunderstorms Saturday afternoon.Ā  Some of those storms were accompanied by hail that was described as pea to dime-size in many places from New Castle County in Delaware to Somerset County in Maryland. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, NJ and…

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UPDATED: National Weather Service Confirms an EF-1 Tornado Occurred Friday Night between Dorchester County & Bethel, DE

UPDATED – 05/18/25 – 5pm –Ā The National Weather Service has confirmed that an E-F 1 tornado that began in eastern Dorchester County before crossing into Sussex County. Officials say the tornado formed at 6:52 Friday evening two miles south southeast of Rhodesdale, Maryland and ended at 7:06pm one mile south of Bethel. Estimated peak winds…

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Hail Pelts Parts Of Delmarva

photo courtesy of Delaware Electric Cooperative, shared on Facebook

Monday’s threat of severe weather lived up to its billing.Portions of Delmarva, including southwestern Sussex County and the Cambridge area of Dorchester County, were pelted with hail. Hailstones ranged in size from peas to golf balls to even baseballs.Some homes and vehicles sustained significant damage.At one point, about 200 Delaware Electric Cooperative members did not…

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Storms Move Through Delmarva Saturday Night

Delmarva was under the gun last night with tornado watches, severe storm watches and warnings and flood warnings as a line of storms moved through last night.Ā  In many areas in New Castle and Kent County – both Maryland and Delaware there were reports of half inch to golf ball sized hail, strong winds with…

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