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NWUS51 KPHI 151909
LSRPHI

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
309 PM EDT Sat Jun 15 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0559 PM     Landspout        2 SSE Lawrence Twp      40.26N 74.72W
06/14/2024                   Mercer             NJ   NWS Storm Survey

            An EF-0 strength landspout tornado occurred
            in Lawrence Township in Mercer County. The
            landspout began near the Marwa Service
            Center and Conoco gas station near the
            intersection of Johnson Road and US Route 1
            Business (Brunswick Avenue), where a few
            trees were uprooted and some softwood trees
            were snapped. A couple trees fell on the
            service station, causing some collateral
            damage. The gas station canopy was not
            damaged, but a large sign behind the
            building was snapped. Two large clothes
            donation bins were tossed into a brushy
            area. Surveillance footage from the service
            center showed a distinct convergent nature
            and shift to the winds as the damage
            occurred. The landspout then moved northeast
            into a small wooded area before emerging
            into a post office parking lot. About a half
            dozen vehicles were flipped over in the
            parking lot, and a few parking lot signs
            were blown over or lofted and carried about
            250 yards away across the highway. The post
            office building sustained some minor
            structural damage, including uplift of some
            metal roofing material. An HVAC unit was
            blown off of the roof of the building. A
            large tree was uprooted at the front of the
            building and a few other trees had several
            limbs blown down. Cell phone footage taken
            from across the highway at the Auto Lenders
            property showed a distinct circulation as
            the damage was occurring, lofting debris
            vertically. The landspout then dissipated
            after impacting the post office property and
            no additional damage was observed
            downstream.


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