NWS / NOAA weather: Tornado Warning issued August 20 at 6:18PM EDT until August 20 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
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At 618 PM EDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located over Dover Speedway, or over Dover, moving northeast at 30
mph. Damage from the tornado has been reported in Dover.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may
be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes
will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction
is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dover, Camden, Cheswold, Rising Sun-Lebanon, Rising Sun, Dover Base
Housing, Dover Speedway, Wyoming, Little Creek, Leipsic, Rodney
Village, Kent Acres, and Highland Acres.
Severity
Extreme (5/5) · CAP Extreme
This month
214th Weather alert at severity 5+ in the last 30 days
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STRAIT OF HORMUZ - United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued Warning 115-26 on August 18 stating a Company Security Officer said that a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile while conducting an outbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz.
MIDDLE EAST - Two explosive-laden Hadid-110 drones that the Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Directorate stated were launched from across the Iranian border struck the private office of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the Parastin Agency director in the Pirmam distric
ARABIAN SEA - HII Newport News Shipbuilding completed acceptance sea trials of the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on August 15, with the ship returning to the yard after testing key systems at sea.
