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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.

&&

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.

$$

MJL/Staarmann