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Funnel Cloud in Atlantic County, New Jersey

Funnel Cloud July 6, 2020 · Atlantic County, New Jersey

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A video was received of a funnel cloud near Buena, looking towards Folsom. Time provided by the individual who shot the video.

The wider storm

A slow moving backdoor cold front drifted southwest through the mid-Atlantic region on July 6. Meanwhile, a shortwave vorticity impulse, one of several in a series, moved across the region during the day. A very hot and humid air mass was present ahead of the backdoor cold front, leading to the development of strong to extreme instability over the region. The approaching upper level disturbance allowed for the development of moderate wind shear over the region. Combined with the front, it also acted as a trigger mechanism for convection. Severe thunderstorms developed by early afternoon over eastern PA and southern and central New Jersey. These storms produced strong outflow boundaries which served to initiate additional severe convection. The result was a ring of fire in which outflow steadily propagated outward in all directions. This caused severe weather to spread radially outward from its origin near Philadelphia to much of New Jersey, other portions of eastern Pennsylvania, and Delmarva.

Began near Penny Pot (39.5800, -74.8500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 902332. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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