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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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