June 15, 2024
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–The National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly says that their storm damage assessment has confirmed an EF-0 landspout tornado occurred in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ on Friday evening, June 14, 2024. The landspout downed several trees and flipped over a few vehicles in a post office parking lot.
A landspout is a tornado with a narrow, rope-like condensation funnel that forms while the thunderstorm cloud is still growing and there is no rotating updraft – the spinning motion originates near the ground, according to the National Weather Service,
NJ Public Safety News Alerts
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Lawrence Township Landspout Tornado…
Rating: EF0Estimated Peak Wind: 80 mphPath Length /statute/: 0.13 milesPath Width /maximum/: 60 yardsFatalities: 0
Injuries: 0