SPRINGFIELD (Burlington) Officials have confirmed that the wild storms that raked through New Jersey on Saturday did include a tornado in northwestern Burlington County.
It s the third tornado in New Jersey within just over a week, according to the National Weather Service Mount Holly office, following two tornadoes in Cape May County and Ocean County earlier this month.
The EF-1 tornado developed around 10:30 p.m., with maximum winds of 80 to 90 miles per hour, starting in Springfield Township near the Burlington County Fairgrounds (in the Columbus section of Mansfield Township).
A number of large tree limbs were tossed and one tree was uprooted and snapped, and within ten minutes and 7.9 miles, it had dissipated around the Jacobstown section of North Hanover Township, officials said on Sunday.
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