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NWUS51 KPHI 291808
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
208 PM EDT WED SEP 29 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TORNADO          CHERRY HILL             39.90N 75.00W 
09/28/2004  F0               CAMDEN             NJ   NWS STORM SURVEY

            CONFIRMED F0 TORNADO WITH 70 MPH WINDS. PATH 2.5 MILES 
            LONG, ABOUT 50 FEET WIDE. NORTHERN PART OF THE PATH IS 
            INTERMITTENT. SOME TREES AND POWER POLES DOWNED. ROOF 
            DAMAGE TO AT LEAST TWO STORES. 

0414 PM     TORNADO          WILMINGTON              39.74N 75.53W 
09/28/2004  F2               NEW CASTLE         DE   NWS STORM SURVEY

            AN F2 TORNADO CONFIRMED WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 130 MPH. 
            PATH 5 MILES LONG AND 150 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO WAS 
            OBSERVED AT THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT WITH THE 
            NORTHERN END OF THE TRACK IN ELSMERE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE 
            OCCURRED. THIS IS THE FIRST F2 TORNADO IN DELAWARE AND 
            NEW CASTLE COUNTY SINCE SEPTEMBER 27, 1993, WHICH WAS NOT
            TROPICAL RELATED. THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TORNADO IN 
            DELAWARE SINCE AUGUST 13TH, 1998, AND THE FIRST IN NEW 
            CASTLE COUNTY SINCE MAY 25TH, 1995.


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