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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

9/1/2021 Trenton, New Jersey Area Tornado Warning (Confirmed Tornado)


Update: the National Weather Service canceled this Tornado Warning. To be aware of weather alerts at any time, visit Weather.gov and the National Weather Service Twitter pages linked at the top right.
Tornado Warning National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
704 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR Bristol, Croydon, and Burlington...

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Central Mercer County in central New Jersey...
Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 702 PM EDT, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was observed over Beverly, or 12 miles southwest of Trenton, moving northeast at 40 mph.

TORNADO EMERGENCY for Bristol Croydon and Burlington. This is a 0 PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Deadly tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
Trenton, Bensalem, Ewing, Willingboro, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Bordentown, Pennington, Beverly, Yardley, Tullytown, Langhorne, Washington Crossing, Windsor, Florence-Roebling, Woodside, Edinburg, White Horse and Andalusia.

This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 6 and 6A.
Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 353 and 359.
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 34 and 40.
Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 5.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 57 and 76.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly tornado has been confirmed. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If in a mobile home, a vehicle or outdoors, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC

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