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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
559 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/16/2024 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
MULTIPLE STORMS CROSSED THE REGION ON TUESDAY, JULY 16. WHILE
THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE REGION, THERE
WAS A PATH OF MORE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE FROM UPPER BUCKS COUNTY
PA INTO HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IN NJ.
BUCKS HUNTERDON SOMERSET THUNDERSTORM WIND
PEAK WIND /ESTIMATED/: 80 - 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 25.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 2000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: UNKNOWN
START DATE: JULY 16, 2024
START TIME: 5:35 PM EDT
START LOCATION: NOCKAMIXON / BUCKS COUNTY / PA
START LAT/LON: 40.529 / -75.1408
END DATE: JULY 16, 2024
END TIME: 6:09 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 1.7 S HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP / SOMERSET COUNTY / NJ
END LAT/LON: 40.4786 / -74.6714
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STARTING IN NOCKAMIXON, PA, MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SPLIT
AND AT LEAST TWO WOODEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. IN HUNTERDON
COUNTY, THERE WERE MULTIPLE TREES THAT WERE DOWNED IN FRANKLIN AND
RARITAN TOWNSHIPS, INCLUDING SOME THAT FELL ONTO HOMES AND
VEHICLES. IN SOMERSET COUNTY, A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION RECORDED
A GUST OF 61 MPH IN NESHANIC STATION AND LARGE BRANCHES WERE BLOWN
DOWN. FURTHER DAMAGE, INCLUDING A FEW MORE TREES SNAPPED,
CONTINUED ALONG A PATH TOWARDS AN AREA JUST SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH
TOWNSHIP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN BUCKS, HUNTERDON, AND
SOMERSET COUNTIES FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP IN DOCUMENTING AND
RELAYING MOST OF THESE REPORTS.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
JOHNSON
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