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NWUS51 KPHI 231632
LSRPHI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1232 PM EDT THU JUL 23 2026
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0215 PM TORNADO 1 W WHARTON 40.90N 74.61W
07/21/2026 MORRIS NJ NWS STORM SURVEY
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.
SFJ
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