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EF0 tornado in Burlington County, New Jersey

Tornado June 16, 2023 · Burlington County, New Jersey

EF0
Rating
3.4 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An EF-0 tornado began in Southampton Township near Burrs Mill Road south of Ongs Hat Road where some minor tree damage occurred to a few properties. The tornado continued east through a sparsely populated area. It crossed Ongs Hat Road and Stockton Bridge Road where some additional minor tree damage occurred. A tree was found uprooted, having fallen toward the west on Stockton Bridge Road. This was the area where the tornado reached its maximum width of about 200 yards. A tree was uprooted at a residence on Ongs Hat Road, then the tornado moved into a wooded wetland where more minor tree damage and downed limbs were found in a nature preserve along Jade Run. The tornado continued east crossing Magnolia Road where several large tree limbs were down and a softwood tree uprooted. The tornado crossed the road and continued eastward, largely paralleling Sheep Pen Hill Road. The tornado uprooted a few trees and downed several large tree limbs along the edge of the wooded area to the north of the road and a large blueberry field to the south. A tree fell onto a power line near the bend in the road, then the tornado dissipated as it moved through another blueberry field and into a wooded area.

The wider storm

A potent system moved through New Jersey, bringing large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado as scattered strong to severe thunderstorms moved through.

Began near Buddtown (39.9291, -74.6873).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1107492. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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