N.J. weather: After 12 tornado warnings, at least 3 likely touched down. More under investigation.

[Omaha Steve]

Source: NJ.com

By Jeff Goldman

Storm survey teams from the National Weather Service will be busy after a wild night of weather Thursday that included 12 tornado warnings in New Jersey.

The most significant amount of damage in New Jersey is suspected to have taken place on the north end of Long Beach Island, where the weather service said it received reports of a roof being torn off a house and damage to surrounding structures.

Photos and video show fallen power lines, overturned boats, damage to the roof and siding of homes as well as fences torn out of the ground in the High Bar Harbor section of Barnegat Light after a fierce storm blew through late Thursday.

“From the damage reports, we strongly suspect it’s a tornado,” said Dean Iovino, a lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in Mouny Holly

Read more: https://www.nj.com/weather/2021/07/nj-weather-after-12-tornado-warnings-at-least-2-likely-touched-down-more-under-investigation.html

[Freddie]

1. Tornadoes in northern Philly burbs too

One touched down in lower Bucks County and did much damage to a car dealership. Up my way there’s film of the clouds trying to form funnels but nothing on the ground. Scary stuff.

[mvd]

2. I live in Western Montco PA

I was lucky just to get heavy rain. Scary stuff right out of the Midwest..

[mvd]

3. The Bensalem tornado was an EF-3

https://6abc.com/pa-tornado-pennsylvania-weather-today-nj-wx/10917945/

[doc03]

4. We had two tornadoes touch down in east central Ohio

yesterday afternoon. Each one pretty much destroyed a house. They are pretty rare around here when they do touch down they don't travel far the hills break them up. I experianced one about 67 years ago I was 6 years old. It touched down for maybe 200 yards. It took out a couple garages and trees on our road but left the homes untouched.

[electric_blue68]

5. Eghads! Up until the early '00s Northern NJ & NYC had...

1 tornado .....well I remember one in the '80's in Ft Lee (town right at the beginning or end of the GW Bridge) on the NJ side. We lived not too far away across the Hudson River in waaaay upper Manhattan.
This is the only one I remember. Being a bit of a weather buff - I think I'd remember something that unusual for our area! But maybe not.

From mid '90s backwards they seem to only show up once every 8-10 years a cording to a chart.
In another chart none were recorded in the '50's, or '60s which I find fascinating.

Suddenly in the '00s we started getting one or two almost every year between NYC proper (the 5 Burroughs), and just across the Hudson Bay or River (relatively further up north), or just above northern city line all on the NJ side

E1s have torn up roofs, knocked down trees (some on to parked cars) in Brooklyn. And an a single F2 Staten Is, and Brooklyn.

It's still unusual for us! Even an F0, F1. 😳

[Twoflower]

6. I used to live very close to the path described. Damn that must have been scary lost of trees there

[certainot]

7. i just saw pictures of a tornado earlier to day touching down at 9000+ ft altitude

near allenspark, co

[BumRushDaShow]

8. There were originally 6 tornados (now 7) in the Philly metro area so far per the Mt. Holly NWS

They are still evaluating (and have to still do the Delaware one) -

Link to tweet

TEXT

NWS Mount Holly
@NWS_MountHolly
[8 AM] Here are the following areas that we will be investigating today. More details will be provided tonight. If you observed damage, please let us know. #dewx #pawx #njwx
Image
8:02 AM · Jul 30, 2021

Just confirmed 7th -

Link to tweet

TEXT

NWS Mount Holly
@NWS_MountHolly
A 7th tornado has been confirmed from yesterday, 7/29. An EF1 in Windsor, Mercer County NJ. More details tonight or tomorrow. #njwx
6:32 PM · Jul 30, 2021

PNS as of 7:01 pm EDT -

NOUS41 KPHI 302301
PNSPHI
DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-070-071-101>106-311115-

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
701 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...Multiple Storm Surveys Continue...
...Several Confirmed Tornadoes...

The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, NJ continues
to conduct multiple storm surveys across the region into this
evening. The surveys are in relation to several severe
thunderstorms that moved through the area on Thursday, July 29th.
The areas of focus are contained on a graphic that is on our
social media accounts and on our web site.

Preliminary information regarding the confirmed tornadoes:

1) EF3 tornado in Bucks County, PA in the Bensalem/Trevose area
with peak winds up to 140 mph. The most intense damage occurred
at car dealerships and an adjacent mobile home park.

*This is the first EF3 tornado in Bucks County.
*This is the first F3/EF3 tornado in PA since July 17, 2004.
*Some previous F3/EF3 tornadoes in our forecast area occurred in
Limerick (Montgomery County, PA) in July 1994 and Lyons (Berks
County, PA) in May 1998.

2) EF2 tornado in Waretown to Long Beach Township in Ocean
County, NJ, with peak winds up to 115 mph. The EF2 damage was
found in the High Bar Harbor area of Long Beach Island.

3) EF2 tornado near New Hope (Bucks County, PA) then across the
Delaware River into Mercer County, with peak winds up to 115 mph.

4) EF1 tornado in the Plumstead Township (Bucks County, PA) area
with peak winds up to 90 mph.

5) EF1 tornado in the Cedar Bridge area of Barnegat Township in
Ocean County, NJ with peak winds 100-105 mph.

6) EF1 tornado in Windsor, NJ (Mercer County) with peak winds up
to 105 mph.

7) EF0 tornado in Northeast Philadelphia, PA (near the intersection
of Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard) with peak winds 60-80 mph.

Additional Public Information Statements will be issued as we get
more information from the survey teams as they continue to do
their work.

If you have damage to report, please send us an email at
[e-mail]. The storm survey information will also be
available on our website at http://www.weather.gov/phi

$$

Gorse

That #7 in the above PNS (Public Information Statement) at Grant and the Boulevard up in NE Philly was probably insane given how that is a huge intersection in the city.