EF0 tornado in Mercer County, New Jersey

A tornado touched down along Emmons Drive along Route 1 in

Princeton, NJ as a remnant supercell moved northward after

producing the Mullica Hill and Burlington, NJ tornadoes earlier

Wednesday afternoon as Ida's remnants moved through the region.

Damage first occurred as several small branches were brought down

along the Whole Foods and Wendy's parking lots along Route 1 in

far eastern Princeton Township, with a continued path of minor

branch damage extending northward along Farber Road, Meadow Drive,

and Canal Pointe Boulevard adjacent to Route 1. Several medium-

size trees were also uprooted with numerous small branches having

been brought down along the western periphery of the Marketfair

shopping parking lot.

From there, the tornado continued northward with minor tree

damage having occurred along Carnegie Center Boulevard as the

tornado moved northward. Several small branches were also brought

down in a residential area along Heritage Boulevard with one pine

tree even having been snapped. An additional pine tree was also

uprooted along Alexander Road near Glenview. The tornado then

snapped several small hardwood trees, knocking down several

utility poles and power lines along Washington Road. A tree was

also uprooted along Lower Harrison Street along Carnegie Lake

before the tornado lifted somewhere over the lake.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida impacted the mid-Atlantic on September 1, 2021. As it moved northward, Ida began transitioning to a strong mid-latitude cyclone with pronounced frontal features, but with continued tropical moisture. On a regional level, the remnants of Ida became one of the most severe natural disasters in US history, due to a combination of several tornadoes, some of them strong, as well as catastrophic flooding over a large and densely populated area. The severe weather threat unfolded as the system's developing warm front lifted northward from the Delmarva region into Pennsylvania and New Jersey. South of the warm front, partial clearing and moderate to strong instability developed. Meanwhile, very strong shear and forcing, along with tropical moisture, were present within the warm sector. The result was widespread convection in the form of both supercell and quasi-linear thunderstorms. A number of storms became severe across the region, producing several tornadoes and other instances of wind damage. This continued an exceptionally active stretch of high end severe weather in the region, coming barely a month after the tornado outbreak of July 29.