# Where Thursday's storms hit: 25 reports in NJ, PA, DE and MD, 22 in the Slight risk Published November 13, 2026, 8:01 AM ET ยท Updated November 13, 2026, 8:17 AM ET By Ryan Hall, Y'all Written by our automated news desk from National Weather Service data. Storms on Thursday, Nov. 12, brought 25 preliminary reports to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland: 1 tornado, 22 hail and 2 wind. The highest level on SPC's 1630Z map was Level 2 of 5 (Slight Risk), and 22 reports fell inside it. The one tornado report came near Eastburn Heights, Delaware, at 1:15 PM ET. **What's new:** Added SPC risk map with the storm reports ## Key points - 25 reports in all: 1 tornado, 22 hail and 2 wind. - Level 2 (Slight): 22 reports, made up of 1 tornado, 20 hail and 1 wind. - Level 1 (Marginal): 3 reports, made up of 2 hail and 1 wind. - **Outside the risk areas:** 0 reports. - **Biggest marks:** no hail of 2 inches or larger, and no wind reports of 75 mph or more. ![SPC risk map with the storm reports (graphic by the Ryan Hall, Y'all newsroom)](https://public.yallsoft.app/rhy/blog/images/2026-11-13-news-newsroom-34012128-0-1304.png) Storms on Thursday, Nov. 12, produced 25 preliminary reports across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. The highest level on the Storm Prediction Center's 1630Z map, issued at 11:19 AM ET, was Level 2 of 5 (Slight Risk), and 22 of the reports landed inside it. One was a tornado report near Eastburn Heights, Delaware, at 1:15 PM ET. ## The numbers - **25 reports in all:** 1 tornado, 22 hail and 2 wind. - **Level 2 (Slight):** 22 reports, made up of 1 tornado, 20 hail and 1 wind. - **Level 1 (Marginal):** 3 reports, made up of 2 hail and 1 wind. - **Outside the risk areas:** 0 reports. - **Biggest marks:** no hail of 2 inches or larger, and no wind reports of 75 mph or more. ## Where the reports landed New Jersey had the most, with 12 reports (11 hail, 1 wind), all inside the Level 2 area. Pennsylvania had 7 hail reports, most of them in Level 2. Delaware had 5 reports (1 tornado, 3 hail, 1 wind), and most of those were in Level 2 as well. Maryland had a single hail report, and it fell in Level 1. The Level 1 reports came from Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. ## The strongest reports The tornado report came from 1 SE Eastburn Heights, in New Castle County, Delaware, at 1:15 PM ET. It sits in the Level 2 area. The report's comment mentions several reports of tornado damage around Christiana Hospital and says radar analysis and video indicated a tornado touched down in that area. This is a preliminary report with no rating attached. The largest hail was 1.75 inches in two spots in New Jersey: - 1 NE Burlington Twp, Burlington County, at 3:41 PM ET. - 1 SE Lakehurst, Ocean County, at 5:20 PM ET. Hail of 1.5 inches came in three places, all inside Level 2: - Newark, Delaware, at 1:02 PM ET. - Claymont, Delaware, at 1:55 PM ET. - 1 N Oldmans Twp., Salem County, New Jersey, at 2:16 PM ET. The two wind reports came from Level 2 and Level 1 areas, one each. Neither report lists a gust speed. Storm reports are preliminary and get filtered and revised, so counts can shift. Credit goes to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center for the outlook and the preliminary storm reports, and you can see today's outlook on [our severe weather page](/severe). Explained: [What the severe storm risk levels mean, Level 1 to Level 5](https://ryanhallyall.com/news/what-the-severe-storm-risk-levels-mean) More on: [Mid-Atlantic severe weather, November 2026](https://ryanhallyall.com/news/topic/mid-atlantic-severe-weather-november-2026) Places in this story: Newark, DE; Claymont, DE; Eastburn Heights, DE; Burlington Twp, NJ; Lakehurst, NJ; Oldmans Twp., NJ ## Sources - [SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook, 1630Z issuance, November 12, 2026](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2026/day1otlk_20261112_1630.html), NOAA Storm Prediction Center - [SPC preliminary storm reports, November 12, 2026](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/261112_rpts.html), NOAA Storm Prediction Center - [SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html), NOAA Storm Prediction Center - [outlook 1630Z 2026-11-12, issued 2026-11-12 1619Z:](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2026/day1otlk_20261112_1630_cat.lyr.geojson), NOAA Storm Prediction Center - [SPC storm reports (filtered), 12Z 2026-11-12 to 12Z 2026-11-13](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/261112_rpts_filtered.csv), NOAA Storm Prediction Center - SPC Day 1 outlook, 2026-11-12T16:19:00+00:00 run, NOAA Storm Prediction Center --- Canonical: https://ryanhallyall.com/news/where-thursdays-storms-hit-25-reports-across-nj-pa-de-and-md-22-inside-the-slight-risk From Ryan Hall, Y'all (https://ryanhallyall.com). Always follow official warnings from the National Weather Service.