Hail Swath Map Preview
The Dover, DE hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.25". There are 4 public hail reports, 35 public wind reports, and 5 nearby tornado reports listed for the April 1, 2023 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Dover, DE Hail Map
The April 1, 2023 hail swath map for Dover, DE covers approximately 475 square miles and includes an estimated 102,253 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the < 0.50" hail band, covering 246 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the < 0.50" hail band with 55,346 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 246 sq mi | 55,346 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 201 sq mi | 41,758 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 13 sq mi | 2,406 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 11 sq mi | 1,664 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 5 sq mi | 1,079 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Dover, DE Hail Swath Map
Inside the April 1, 2023 hail swath map area for Dover, DE, HailGeeks estimates 34,699 single-family homes, 5,378 townhomes, and 7,595 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the < 0.50" hail band, with 18,200 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 18,200 | 2,959 | 4,030 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 14,539 | 2,252 | 3,335 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 861 | 33 | 41 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 701 | 24 | 71 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 398 | 110 | 118 |
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Counties Inside the Dover, DE Hail Map
Hail from the April 1, 2023 storm was mapped across 12 counties in the Dover, DE region. Chester County, PA had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.25" with roughly 7,051 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Dover, DE Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 17 cities near Dover, DE. Rising Sun, MD had the strongest mapped signal at 1.00", with an estimated 668 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Dover, DE Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the April 1, 2023 Dover, DE hail map spans 34 ZIP codes. ZIP 21911 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.25" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 1,843.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the April 1, 2023 hail map for Dover, DE currently list 4 public hail reports, 35 public wind reports, and 5 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1, 2023 5:20 PM CT |
1.00 in | 4 NW Long Green | MD | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 5:35 PM CT |
1.50 in | 1 NE Rising Sun | MD | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 5:39 PM CT |
1.50 in | Havre De Grace | MD | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 6:55 PM CT |
1.00 in | Farmington | DE | TIME GIVEN IN REPORT. |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1, 2023 5:02 PM CT | 1 N Bridgeville | DE | REPORT OF TRAIN FLIPPED OVER. TORNADO LIKELY. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:11 PM CT | 1 W Ellendale | DE | REPORTS OF OFF AND ON TREE DAMAGE FROM ROUTE 13 TO ROUTE 113. TORNADO LIKELY. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:20 PM CT | 1 SSW Pylesville | MD | TREES DOWN ONTO A VEHICLE. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A ROOF TOP. | |
April 1, 2023 5:30 PM CT | Rising Sun | MD | TREES DOWN IN THE RISING SUN AREA. | |
April 1, 2023 5:32 PM CT | Woodlawn | MD | DELAYED REPORT. CECIL COUNTY EM REPORTED SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON ROADWAYS AROUND WOODLAWN... INCLUDING ON PRINCIPIO RD... JACKSON PARK RD... AND LIBERTY GROVE RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:35 PM CT | Perryville | MD | DELAYED REPORT. CECIL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ALONG ROADWAYS NORTH AND EAST OF PERRYVILLE. INCLUDING... MD-222... JACKSON STATION ROAD... ST. MARKS CHURCH ROAD... AND TILLER FARM LANE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:36 PM CT | 2 NE Aberdeen | MD | A TREE FELL ONTO A HOUSE ALONG LOCUST STREET. | |
April 1, 2023 5:40 PM CT | 2 ESE Bay View | MD | DELAYED REPORT. CECIL COUNTY EM REPORTED TREES DOWN ON ROADWAYS NORTH OF NORTH EAST... MD. INCLUDING NEAR INTERSECTIONS OF STEVENSON RD AND MECHANICS VALLEY RD... AND NEAR THE 300TH BLOCK OF RED TOAD ROAD. TIME ESTIMATD FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:43 PM CT | 1 SSE Cherry Hill | MD | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 213. | |
April 1, 2023 5:48 PM CT | Colonial Heights | DE | TREE INTO HOUSE ON NORTH CLEVELAND ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:50 PM CT | Newark | DE | MULTIPLE TREES INTO HOUSES REPORTED IN NEWARK. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 5:50 PM CT | 1 NW Nottingham Manor | DE | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE CONTINUING INTO NEW CASTLE COUNTY TO BE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPSTREAM TORNADO WHICH HAD DISSIPATED IN CECIL COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:00 PM CT | Castle Hills | DE | TREES DOWN INTO A HOUSE ON WARDOR AVE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:04 PM CT | 2 S Rancocas | NJ | A FEW SMALL TREES UPROOTED AND SECTIONS OF VINYL FENCING BLOWN OUT. LIKELY FROM THE RFD OF THE UPSTREAM TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:05 PM CT | 1 E New Albany | NJ | LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE FROM RIVERTON COUNTRY CLUB ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE TO PARRY ROAD... TENBY CHASE DRIVE... AND HAINES MILL ROAD IN DELRAN. TORNADO POSSIBLE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:07 PM CT | Pennsville | NJ | TREE DOWN ON RIVIERA DRIVE NEAR BOSTON ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:08 PM CT | 1 E New Albany | NJ | PICTURES OF TREES AND FENCES DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:12 PM CT | Cinnaminson | NJ | TREES BLOCKING RIVERTON ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:15 PM CT | Stevensville | MD | REPORT OF A TREE BLOWN DOWN INTO A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:15 PM CT | Chestertown | MD | REPORTS OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS KENT COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 6:18 PM CT | 1 NNE Ellisburg | NJ | TREES DOWNED ON SPRINGDALE ROAD NEAR CHURCH ROAD AND ROUTE 70. | |
April 1, 2023 6:43 PM CT | 2 S Lusby | MD | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LUSBY. | |
April 1, 2023 7:12 PM CT | 3 ESE Dennisville | NJ | MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED ON CORSON TAVERN ROAD AND ROUTE 9. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. | |
April 1, 2023 7:17 PM CT | 2 W Salisbury-Wicomico | MD | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED ALONG WARD ROAD JUST EAST OF US-13. TIM IS RADAR ESTIMATED. | |
April 1, 2023 7:27 PM CT | 2 W Salisbury-Wicomico | MD | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 W SALISBURY-WICOMICO. SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED ALONG WARD ROAD JUST EAST OF US-13. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATED. | |
April 1, 2023 7:27 PM CT | 1 ENE Allen | MD | POWER POLE DOWNED AND SPARKING ON ALLEN ROAD. | |
April 1, 2023 5:05 PM CT | 98 mph | 2 SSE Bridgeville | DE | NANTICOKE RIVER BRIDGE DEOS MESONET MEASURED A 98 MPH GUST LIKELY DUE TO MESONET STATION HIT BY TORNADO. |
April 1, 2023 5:45 PM CT | 71 mph | North East Md-Landfill | MD | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 6:05 PM CT | 60 mph | Moorestown | NJ | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 6:07 PM CT | 62 mph | Philadelphia Internatio | PA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 6:15 PM CT | 60 mph | 2 SSW Rock Hall | MD | HUNTINGFIELD POINT MEASURED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH AT 7:15 PM. |
April 1, 2023 6:17 PM CT | 60 mph | Woodstown | NJ | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 60 MPH GUST. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
April 1, 2023 6:30 PM CT | 60 mph | 6 ESE Woodland Beach | DE | SHIP JOHN SHOAL. |
April 1, 2023 6:44 PM CT | 58 mph | Millville Municipal Air | NJ | No National Weather Service description provided. |
April 1, 2023 7:04 PM CT | 60 mph | Atlantic City Internati | NJ | No National Weather Service description provided. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1, 2023 4:59 PM CT | UNK | 2 WNW Bridgeville | DE | *** 1 FATAL *** CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 WNW BRIDGEVILLE. THE BRIDGEVILLE-ELLENDALE TORNADO BEGAN AROUND 5:59 PM EDT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF POLK ROAD AND DUBLIN HILL ROAD WHERE A SECTION OF A SMALL BARN ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST CROSSING SEASHORE HIGHWAY. ALONG THIS SECTION OF THE DAMAGE PATH... A COUPLE WOODEN POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. ON TREE FELL ONTO A HOUSE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT COLLATERAL ROOF DAMAGE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD PARALLELING NEWTON ROAD WHERE A FARMSTEAD SUSTAIN SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE. ABOUT A HALF DOZEN PARKED SEMI-TRAILERS WERE BLOW OVER ALONG A DRIVEWAY. FARTHER EAST... MORE TREE DAMAGE AND SNAPPED POWER POLES WERE OBSERVED. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PRECIOUS LANE AND NEWTON ROAD... A 2 STORY HOUSE WAS COLLAPSED AFTER APPEARING TO HAVE SLID OFF ITS FOUNDATION. A SMALL OUTBUILDING WAS ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED NEARBY. DEBRIS FROM THIS AREA WAS BLOWN SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS EA |
April 1, 2023 5:01 PM CT | UNK | 2 WNW Bridgeville | DE | REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWNED NEAR SEASHORE HIGHWAY ROUTE 404 AND DUBLIN HILL ROAD. LIKELY TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
April 1, 2023 5:06 PM CT | UNK | 4 SE Greenwood | DE | SUSSEX EM REPORTS A CONFINED SPACE RESCUE IN THE VICINITY OF TUCKER ROAD. LIKELY TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
April 1, 2023 5:35 PM CT | UNK | Calvert | MD | AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED 90 MPH WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES... POWER POLES... AND A FEW STRUCTURES ALONG A 4.4 MILE PATH... WITH A WIDTH OF 125 YARDS. |
April 1, 2023 6:42 PM CT | UNK | 2 SSE Richland | NJ | A TORNADO FORMED ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND MADE AN INITIAL TOUCHDOWN JUST EAST OF LLEWELLYN AVENUE AND SOUTH OF US HWY 40 IN THE RICHLAND SECTION OF BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP. THIS WAS A HEAVILY FORESTED AREA WITH LARGE BRANCHES SNAPPED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST... MOVING PARALLEL TO LANDIS AVENUE... AND INTO MAYS LANDING. AS IT MOVED INTO MAYS LANDING... THE TORNADO PRODUCED ITS STRONGEST WIND DAMAGE... WHERE A ROOF WAS PARTIALLY LIFTED OFF A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. NUMEROUS TREES ON THE PROPERTY HAD LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN... WITH AN AREA OF UPROOTED TREES JUST TO THE EAST OF THE HOME. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO PROGRESS EASTWARD ALONG LANDIS AVENUE... WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF UPROOTED TREES... SNAPPED TRUNKS... AND BROKEN BRANCHES. DAMAGE REMAINED MAINLY CONFINED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED ESTELLE AVENUE... WHERE BROKEN BRANCHES AND SNAPPED TRUNKS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 200 YARDS INTO THE DENSELY FORESTED AREA. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the April 1, 2023 Dover, DE storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Dover, DE Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Dover, DE region as the April 1, 2023 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Aug 4, 2022 through Sep 12, 2022, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 1.50". In this set, the strongest related map reached 1.50", and the most recent map shown is from Sep 12, 2022.
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Local Hail Review Options Near Dover, DE
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