Storm Assessment

The emails below are very fascinating stories of a possible tornado moving through. The Preston, MD area mentioned in the emails was under a tornado warning Wednesday afternoon. It is very well possible that is what happened but official no report was mentioned so far.

The National Weather Service in Mt. Holly, NJ did go out and assess some damage from the Preston, MD area and near the Georgetown area. I'm not sure if the area assessed from the NWS was the same as the views email area. But the NWS did not confirm any report of a tornado from the damage that they saw. Here is what they had to say:

"A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ASSESSED THE DAMAGE REPORTED IN CAROLINE COUNTY MARYLAND AND SUSSEX COUNTY INDELAWARE.IN CAROLINE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF PRESTON...THE DEBRIS WAS CONSISTENT AS BEING CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IT WAS IN A SMALL AREA AND THE WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 75 MPH. PRESTON IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF CAROLINE COUNTY.

IN SUSSEX COUNTY...TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...THE DEBRIS WAS CONSISTENT AS ALSO BEING CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED...1 MINOR AND THE OTHER MAJOR AS A TALL TREE FELL ON IT. THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 70 MPH. THE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO A VERY SMALL AREA. THE ON-SITE METEOROLOGIST WILL BE EXAMINING THE RADAR SIGNATURES BACK IN THE OFFICE AND MAKE ANY CHANGES IF ANY ARE NECESSARY"

This NWS info was listed on Thursday evening and nothing has been updated since.

I also have to mention that I had a great time at the Red Roost with our weather watchers. I did eat plenty of crab and many of them were nice size too. Thanks to everyone that came out.