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EF1 tornado in Cape May County, New Jersey

Tornado August 4, 2020 · Cape May County, New Jersey

EF1
Rating
4.2 mi
Path length
150 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

A waterspout came ashore near the southern end of Corson's

Inlet State Park near Strathmere then across marshy areas. The

tornado then crossed the Garden State Parkway then tracked along

Route 9 across the south side of Marmora. There were several

pictures and videos of the waterspout and tornado including a

trained spotter reporting a tornado on the ground with debris in

the air. The tornado produced significant damage to homes and

businesses on the 500 block of Route 9, starting in the vicinity

of a Coca Cola facility where containers were tossed around with

even a truck trailer flipped onto its side. Adjacent to the Coca

Cola facility, a large shed at a residence was upended and

vehicles were moved from their original locations. Several homes

had portions of their roofs blown off with a couple of homes

sustaining significant damage to a side wall or corner walls. The

tornado crossed Route 9 to the Pine Hill Mobile Home Court where

significant damage occurred to trees and buildings. One home was

shifted off its foundation and others had roof damage and downed

trees crushed several cars. The tornado tracked north northwest

crossing Tuckahoe Road and may have dissipated over the adjacent

marsh areas. Doppler radar data showed a well defined tornado

debris signature as the tornado moved through portions of Marmora.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Isaias brought high winds, heavy rain, several tornadoes, and coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic region, becoming the most impactful tropical cyclone to impact most of the region since Sandy in 2012.

Began near Strathmere (39.2094, -74.6479).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 904095. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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