The National Weather Service has
confirmed a
small tornado touched down in
Burlington County over the weekend,
leaving behind a trail of damaged trees.
Forecasters say a line of
thunderstorms Saturday night produced the EF-1 twister about a mile from the
Burlington County Fairgrounds. It’s estimated the tornado was packing winds of 80 to 90 mph.
Forecasters say the tornado followed
a narrow path of nearly 8 miles, damaging trees north of Columbus-Jobstown
Road, snapping tree limbs on Island Road, uprooting a tree on
Juliustown-Georgetown Road and causing scattered tree damage before the twister
dissipated near the Ocean County border.
No injuries were reported.
AP wire
services helped contribute to this report.