Severe Thunderstorm Warning Delaware, Maryland | Effective 04/01/2026 16:19

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 1 at 7:19PM EDT until April 1 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 1, 2026 - 4:19pm
Expires: 
April 1, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern New Castle County in northern Delaware... Northern Kent County in central Delaware... Northeastern Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland... East central Kent County in northeastern Maryland... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 718 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Delaney Corner, or 13 miles south of Middletown, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. * Locations impacted include... Smyrna, Clayton, Cheswold, Millington, Delaney Corner, Woodland Beach, Green Spring, Kenton, Leipsic, and Chambersville.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description: 
Kent, DE; New Castle, DE; Kent, MD; Queen Anne's, MD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov