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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ

1224 PM EDT Wed Jul 2 2025



...NWS Damage Survey for Sussex County DE Tornado Update #1...



.Update...EF-0 Tornado Confirmed in Frankford, DE on June 30th



.Frankford Tornado...



Rating:                 EF-0

Estimated Peak Wind:    65 mph

Path Length /statute/:  0.5 miles

Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards

Fatalities:             0

Injuries:               0



Start Date:             June 30, 2025

Start Time:             1:16 PM EDT

Start Location:         Frankford, DE

Start Lat/Lon:          38.5266, -75.2111



End Date:               June 30, 2025

End Time:               1:16 PM EDT

End Location:           Frankford, DE

End Lat/Lon:            38.5243, -75.2016



Damage assessment determined that an EF0 tornado with a maximum 

wind speed of 65 mph briefly touched down along Omar Rd in 

Frankford, DE and moved ESE over a heavily forested area towards 

Shockley Town Rd. Several brief video clips shared by broadcast 

media and social media showed various angles of a tornado in 

progress in the heavily forested area between Omar Rd and 

Shockley Town Rd. Several large branches were twisted and snapped 

along Omar Rd. Additional damage is possible in the heavily 

forested area, but the survey team was unable to access the area. 



Special thanks to local media and the Sussex County Emergency

Management for their assistance in this storm survey.



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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the

following categories:



EF0.....65 to 85 mph

EF1.....86 to 110 mph

EF2.....111 to 135 mph

EF3.....136 to 165 mph

EF4.....166 to 200 mph

EF5.....>200 mph



NOTE:

The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to

change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS

Storm Data.



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MJL/Staarmann