National Weather Service confirms tornadoes in Delaware and New Jersey

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly confirmed that a tornado struck New Castle County, Delaware, and Chesterfield Township, New Jersey, Thursday afternoon.One video appears to capture a tornado moving through Claymont, Delaware.The tornado in New Jersey happened in the area of Old York Road in Burlington County.Tornado in Chesterfield, New JerseyThe NWS said Friday that an EF-1 tornado with an estimated wind speed of 100 mph tore through Burlington County around 4 p.

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m. Thursday. The first noticeable damage was a farm building about three-quarters of a mile southwest of the intersection of Old York and Borden Chesterfield roads. The building's external walls collapsed, according to the NWS. Trees along Old York Road were also damaged, and a residence in the area lost a significant portion of its roof. The tornado continued parallel to Bordentown Chesterfield Road and damaged a school and farm equipment in that area. A line of severe thunderstorms with embedded supercells moved th