Radar indicated a rotating thunderstorm passing over Salisbury just after 1:30 p.m., and a student at Salisbury University posted a video on Twitter showing an apparent tornado on the ground (which has been since taken down).

In the aftermath, photos emerged on social media showing cars overturned at a shopping center and damage to buildings:

Salisbury police posted to Twitter that so far no injuries had been reported.

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No tornado warning was issued for the storm; a severe thunderstorm warning was issued at 1:37 p.m. for the affected region (central Wicomico County); however, that is about the same time the storm damage was happening.

The storms occurred as a powerful weather system moved through the Mid-Atlantic states, producing heavy rainfall and the potential for severe thunderstorms in Southern Maryland and the southern Delmarva.

On Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed the resulting damage was, in fact, caused by a tornado. It rated the tornado at the EF1 intensity on the 0-5 EF scale and determined its peak winds were around 1o5 mph.

This is the second damaging tornado to strike Maryland in the past two weeks. On July 24, an EF-2 tornado ripped through Stevensville, Md., causing significant damage to homes.

More images of the storm damage …