April 3, 2023
UPPER FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ (MONMOUTH)–The National Weather Service Mount Holly has determined that tornadoes hit the Crosswicks, Allentown-Cream Ridge areas during the storms of April 1, 2023. The National Weather Service determined them to be in the EF-1 range with an estimated maximum of 90 MPH. Further details will be are yet to be determined such as path and width of the tornados. Check back for updates.
Allentown-Cream Ridge Tornado…
Rating: EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph
Path Length /statute/: 4.0 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 550 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: April 1, 2023
Start Time: 7:14 PM EDT
Start Location: Allentown / Monmouth County / NJ
Start Lat/Lon: 40.1541 / -74.5715
End Date: April 1, 2023
End Time: 7:17 PM EDT
End Location: Upper Freehold Twp / Monmouth County / NJ
End Lat/Lon: 40.1484 / -74.4965
A new QLCS tornado developed just west of a neighborhood on
Walnford Road southeast of Allentown. The most significant damage
from the tornado occurred to properties within the neighborhood,
especially those along an open field to the southeast. The tornado
was also near its widest point in this area. Numerous trees were
uprooted or snapped within the neighborhood. A few homes sustained
removal of roofing material, siding removal, windows blown out,
and a couple garage doors blown out. Damage in this area was
consistent with wind speeds estimated to be near 110 mph. An
irrigation pivot was blown into a fence separating the
neighborhood and the field where it was toppled over, partially
into some residential yards.
The tornado continued eastward across the field toward Allentown
Davis Station Road where another shorter irrigation pivot was
overturned. Along the road, several trees were snapped or uprooted
near and northwest of the intersection with Polhemustown Road and
Holmesmill Road. A wooden power pole was also leaning in the
direction of the tornado’s motion. The tornado continued east
along Allentown Davis Station Road where more mainly minor tree
damage occurred. At the traffic circle intersection with Sharon
Station Road, several road signs were blown down in various
directions. The tornado moved east-southeastward into a field just
south of a farmstead and north of Davis Station Road. The tornado
entered another wooded residential area near the intersection of
Davis Station Road ans Harvey Road where more significant tree
damage occurred and the tornadic circulation widened. The tornado
moved east across Meirs Road where numerous trees were snapped or
uprooted on residential properties, once of which fell onto power
lines.
The tornado moved east toward a residential neighborhood along
Long Acre Drive where some additional tree damage occurred. The
tornado moved east of the residential area across a tree line and
then dissipated in an open field along Emleys Hill-Prospertown
Road.
Crosswicks-Hamilton Twp NJ Tornado…
Rating: EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph
Path Length /statute/: 2.8 miles
Path Width /maximum/: 300 yards
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Start Date: April 1, 2023
Start Time: 7:08 PM EDT
Start Location: Crosswicks / Burlington County / NJ
Start Lat/Lon: 40.1525 / -74.6461
End Date: April 1, 2023
End Time: 7:11 PM EDT
End Location: Upper Freehold Twp / Monmouth County / NJ
End Lat/Lon: 40.1550 / -74.5945
After a straight line wind event upstream toward Bordentown along
Ward Avenue, a QLCS tornado developed in the village of
Crosswicks around 7:08 PM EDT. Much of the damage in Crosswicks
was primarily tree damage with numerous trees uprooted or snapped.
Additional straight line wind damage occurred south of the
village that was not directly related to the tornadic circulation.
The tornado moved east out of the village just north of Ellisdale
Road where fairly significant tree damage continued on
residential properties. The tornado moved into an inaccessible
wooded area along Crosswicks Creek where it crossed into Hamilton
Twp in Mercer County. It emerged along a tree line near the back
of the Sawmill YMCA property where it continued east toward the
intersection of Sawmill Road and Iron Bridge Road. Near this
intersection, several trees were uprooted.
The tornado continued east along Sawmill Road toward Extonville
Road Where additional trees were uprooted. The tornado dissipated
in a field around 7:11 PM EDT east of Extonville Road where it
crossed just over the Monmouth County boarder into Upper Freehold
Twp. No additional tornadic damage was observed east of this field
across Ellisdale Road until the next tornado began near Walnford
Road.
Storm damage from the April 1, 2023 storm as seen on April 2, 2023.
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