A Tornado has been confirmed just a few miles from where I live! ...TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM BERKELEY HEIGHTS TO SUMMIT IN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY... LOCATION...BERKELEY HEIGHTS TO NEW PROVIDENCE TO SUMMIT IN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY DATE...JULY 1 2013 ESTIMATED TIME...917 AM TO 925 AM LST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4.8 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.68N / 74.45W ENDING LAT/LON...40.72N / 74.38W * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO FROM BERKELEY HEIGHTS TO SUMMIT IN UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY ON JULY 1 2013. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BERKELEY HEIGHTS NEAR THE PASSAIC RIVER JUST WEST OF GARFIELD STREET. IT PASSED NORTHEAST THROUGH NEW PROVIDENCE AND LIFTED IN SUMMIT NEW JERSEY NEAR EVERGREEN AVENUE. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE TORNADO PATH WITH THE GREATEST DAMAGE OCCURRING AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEAR SNYDER AVENUE IN BERKELEY HEIGHTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALSO INTERVIEWED AN EYEWITNESS OF THE TORNADO FOR ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WERE ALSO OBSERVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE ENTIRE TORNADO PATH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK UNION COUNTY...BERKELEY HEIGHTS AND SUMMIT NEW JERSEY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR THEIR HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN THIS DAMAGE SURVEY. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:08:56 +0000
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