Damage in Jackson Township was caused by a strong EF-2 tornado, according to a weather service survey of the destruction in New Jersey.
The stronger EF-2 tornado — the third of six intensity levels on the Enhanced Fujita scale used by the weather service to measure tornado strength — touched down in Jackson Township in Ocean County at 7:24 p.m. Saturday and remained on the ground for three minutes, swirling across a path 2.1 miles long, the weather service said in a preliminary storm report.
“Dozens of large hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted in a convergent pattern, power poles downed or snapped, fences demolished, and sheds, small outbuildings, and dumpsters flipped or moved,” the weather service report said. “Despite the significant tree damage, generally only minor siding and roof shingle damage was noted.”Photo courtesy of Kimberlee Draheim
On top of the major damage at the warehouse, the weather service found “dozens of hard and soft wood trees on the south and southeast side of the building and east side parking lot were uprooted or trunks snapped laying in an east-northeast direction.” “The worst damage occurred to a house facing to the southwest on the southwest corner of Spicy Pond Road, whose whole roof was lifted and tossed into their backyard and immediate neighbor backyards.”
In addition, the weather service is continuing to inspect the damage in three other locations in the Garden State to
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