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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 445 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2022 ...NWS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR JULY 12TH, 2022 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT... .DENTON-HOBBS-ANDREWSVILLE-FARMINGTON MACROBURST... PEAK WIND ESTIMATED: 110 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 18 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 4 MILES FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 1 START DATE: JULY 12, 2022 START TIME: 7:22 PM EDT START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES SW DENTON, CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND START LAT/LON: 38.86/-75.85 END DATE: JULY 12, 2022 END TIME: 7:57 PM EDT END LOCATION: 4 MILES E FARMINGTON, SUSSEX COUNTY, DELAWARE END LAT/LON: 38.87/-75.50 A MACROBURST BEGAN AROUND 7:22 PM EDT ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENTON, MD IN CAROLINE COUNTY ALONG THE CHOPTANK RIVER. THE FIRST AREA IMPACTED BY THE MACROBURST WAS AT MARTINAK STATE PARK WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE DAMAGED. ONE TREE FELL ONTO A CAMPING TRAILER IN THE CAMPGROUND RESULTING IN ONE MINOR INJURY TO AN OCCUPANT. A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION JUST NORTH OF THE STATE PARK MEASURED A 70 MPH WIND GUST. THE PARENT STORM TRAVELED EASTWARD AND IMPACTED THE HOBBS, MD AREA THEN CROSSED INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN DELAWARE WHERE IT CONTINUED TOWARD THE ANDREWSVILLE, DE AND FARMINGTON, DE AREAS. ALONG THIS PATH, NUMEROUS AREAS SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE TREE AND UTILITY POLE DAMAGE ALONG WITH SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED AND SOME UTILITIES POLES WERE SNAPPED. A FEW STRUCTURES SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE ROOF MATERIAL AND ROOF STRUCTURE REMOVAL, INCLUDING A FEW BARNS, FARM OUTHOUSES, AND CHICKEN HOUSES. AN UNUSED GRAIN SILO AND A RESIDENTIAL TV ANTENNA TOWER WERE COLLAPSED. ONE HOME HAD A COUPLE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. THE STORM CONTINUED EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY EAST OF US ROUTE 13 WHERE IT BEGAN TO WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY 7:57 PM EDT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS RESULTING IN THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 110 MPH.
