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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
842 PM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 07/21/26 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1
UPDATE
DETAILS ON THE TORNADOES IN SUSSEX AND MORRIS COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
ADDED.
OVERVIEW
SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPED AND MOVED ACROSS OUR REGION DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2026.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THESE
SURVEYS.
MOUNT OLIVE AND STANHOPE TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80-90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JULY 21, 2026
START TIME: 2:00 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 0.9 MILES WNW STANHOPE / MORRIS / NJ
START LAT/LON: 40.9069 / -74.723
END DATE: JULY 21, 2026
END TIME: 2:05 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 0.4 MILES NE NETCONG / MORRIS / NJ
END LAT/LON: 40.9032 / -74.6976
SURVEY SUMMARY:
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR THE INTERCHANGE OF
INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 206. THE PATH OF TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED
TOWARDS CONTINENTAL DRIVE. THERE WAS A DISCONTINUOUS TREE DAMAGE
PATH THROUGH STANHOPE. THE NEXT AREA OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE
SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE MUSCONETCONG. AT RESIDENCES ALONG KOCLAS
DRIVE, TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. SOME SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF THE
ROOF OF ONE RESIDENCE AND GUTTER DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT ANOTHER
RESIDENCE. THE DISTINCTIVE PATH OF DAMAGE APPEARED TO END AT
KOCLAS DRIVE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MORRIS AND
SUSSEX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS
FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THESE SURVEYS.
LOWER BERKSHIRE VALLEY TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100-110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JULY 21, 2026
START TIME: 2:15 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2.8 MILES NE ROXBURY TOWNSHIP / MORRIS / NJ
START LAT/LON: 40.9042 / -74.6103
END DATE: JULY 21, 2026
END TIME: 2:17 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3.3 MILES NE ROXBURY TOWNSHIP / MORRIS / NJ
END LAT/LON: 40.9116 / -74.6041
SURVEY SUMMARY:
ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 21ST, AN EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE LOWER
BERKSHIRE VALLEY SECTION OF ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, IN MORRIS COUNTY, NEW
JERSEY.
THE TORNADO BEGAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF BERKSHIRE VALLEY ROAD, BETWEEN
THE MORRISTOWN & MONTCLAIR-BOONTON NJ TRANSIT LINE AND INTERSTATE
80, UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO THE NORTHEAST,
CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ALONG BERKSHIRE VALLEY ROAD, NORTH OF I-
80. IN THIS AREA, A SOFTWOOD PINE TREE WAS SNAPPED ABOUT HALFWAY UP
ALONG ITS TRUNK. CONTINUING NORTHEAST, THE TORNADO CROSSED THROUGH A
NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG LITTLE LANE. NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES WERE
DAMAGED IN THIS AREA, INCLUDING A LARGE, HEALTHY, HARDWOOD TREE
BEING UPROOTED. THE COMBINATION OF THIS TREE BEING UPROOTED AND THE
SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREE LED TO THE EF-1 RATING WITH 100-110 MPH
MAXIMUM WINDS FOR THIS TORNADO.
THE TORNADO PROCEEDED NORTHEAST, DAMAGING NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL TREES
AND WIRES AS IT CROSSED MILL ROAD, BEFORE DISSIPATING. THERE WERE NO
KNOWN INJURIES OR FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK MORRIS COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH
THIS SURVEY.
PINE BROOK TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80-90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 70 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JULY 21, 2026
START TIME: 2:50 PM EDT
START LOCATION: PINE BROOK / MORRIS / NJ
START LAT/LON: 40.8725 / -74.3413
END DATE: JULY 21, 2026
END TIME: 2:51 PM EDT
END LOCATION: PINE BROOK / MORRIS / NJ
END LAT/LON: 40.8747 / -74.3392
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BEHIND THE RIDGELINE ON WINDSOR DRIVE IN
THE PINE BROOK SECTION ON MONTVILLE AROUND 2:50 PM EDT. THE TORNADO
GENERALLY TRACKED NORTHEAST WHERE A PATH OF MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WAS
FOUND. A LARGE UPROOTED TREE AND SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES WERE FOUND
TO BE SNAPPED IN A COUPLE OF BACKYARDS ALONG HOOK MOUNTAIN ROAD.
PHOTOS WERE PASSED ON BY LOCAL RESIDENTS OF A BROKEN POWER POLE
WHICH WAS SNAPPED AT ITS BASE WHICH WAS ALSO LYING ACROSS HOOK
MOUNTAIN ROAD. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ONWARD, REMOVING SOME SHINGLES
FROM A HOUSE, BEFORE CROSSING OVER HOOK MOUNTAIN ROAD AND
DISSIPATING AROUND 2:51 PM EDT BEFORE REACHING THE PASSAIC RIVER.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MORRIS COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE IN THESE SURVEYS.
CAPE MAY POINT TORNADO
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 60-70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.255 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: JULY 21, 2026
START TIME: 6:15 PM EDT
START LOCATION: CAPE MAY POINT / CAPE MAY / NJ
START LAT/LON: 38.9349 / -74.9684
END DATE: JULY 21, 2026
END TIME: 6:16 PM EDT
END LOCATION: CAPE MAY POINT / CAPE MAY / NJ
END LAT/LON: 38.937 / -74.9645
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A WATERSPOUT WAS WITNESSED GOING ON SHORE THE BEACH AT CAPE MAY
POINT. A NARROW PATH OF TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG LINCOLN
AVENUE, YALE AVENUE, AND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OXFORD AVE AND
WEST LAKE DRIVE. AT LEAST ONE WITNESS SAW THE FUNNEL CLOUD PROCEED
INTO LAKE LILY, BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CAPE MAY
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE IN THESE SURVEYS.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
DESILVA/LEE/LEE/JOHNSON
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