EF-0 Confirmed In Hurlock, MD Saturday

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
845 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2026

…NWS Damage Survey for 07/18/2026 Tornado Event…

.Hurlock Maryland Tornado…

Rating: EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind: 80-85 mph
Path Length /statute/: 0.45 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 50 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0

Start Date: 7/18/2026
Start Time: 630 pm EDT
Start Location: 1.9 NE Hurlock / Dorchester County / MD
Start Lat/Lon: 38.653 / -75.837

End Date: 7/18/2026
End Time: 632 pm EDT
End Location: 2.3 NE Hurlock / Dorchester County / MD
End Lat/Lon: 38.658 / -75.833

A National Weather Service Storm Survey team has determined that
an EF-0 tornado with maximum estimated winds of 80-85 mph occurred
NE of Hurlock, MD on July 18, 2026. Based upon video footage a
tornado formed along Williamsburg Road near Koski Enterprises and
moved northeast through a series of warehouses, paralleling
Williamsburg Road. It caused several garage doors to bow out
toward Williamsburg road in the initial warehouse and snapped a
few lower limbs off a series of pine trees within the trucking
complex. All of the limbs that snapped off were dead, and at the
bottom of the trees. The more flexible limbs that we alive showed
no signs of damage. The Tornado then turned more to the north and
damaged the last of the warehouses on the property, pushing in
several garage doors and peeling the metal roof off a portion of
the warehouse. After passing the warehouse, the tornado dissipated
with a stream of insulation being left about 100 yds beyond the
warehouse, but before encountering houses beyond the trucking
complex.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0…..65 to 85 mph
EF1…..86 to 110 mph
EF2…..111 to 135 mph
EF3…..136 to 165 mph
EF4…..166 to 200 mph
EF5…..>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS
Storm Data.