If you think tornadoes don't strike Monmouth County, think again. The National Weather Service confirmed two twisters touched down along the Route 9 commercial corridor in Howell Township yesterday morning.
Nobody was killed or injured in the storms, officials said.
Both tornadoes formed during severe weather caused by remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy and were rated EF-0, which denotes tornadoes with winds of up to 75 miles per hour.
One of the twisters touched down in the parking lot of a Home Depot and gained initial notoriety by way of a video posted on social media. After uprooting trees and tearing metal roofing off a Chase Bank, it tracked southeast along the southbound lane of Route 9. According to the NWS, damage along its path included uprooted trees at the West Farms Road jug handle and at Ideal Plaza, and roofing torn off Ice Cream on 9. The tornado also pushed together three cars that were in Ideal Plaza parking lot.
The tornado was on the ground for fewer than two minutes, the NWS said, and had a maximum path width of 40 yards.
The second tornado "tracked briefly" through Oak Glen Park about 3.5 miles east-southeast of the first, the NWS said. Damage included snapped and uprooted trees around the soccer field.
Nobody was killed or injured in the storms, officials said.
Both tornadoes formed during severe weather caused by remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy and were rated EF-0, which denotes tornadoes with winds of up to 75 miles per hour.
One of the twisters touched down in the parking lot of a Home Depot and gained initial notoriety by way of a video posted on social media. After uprooting trees and tearing metal roofing off a Chase Bank, it tracked southeast along the southbound lane of Route 9. According to the NWS, damage along its path included uprooted trees at the West Farms Road jug handle and at Ideal Plaza, and roofing torn off Ice Cream on 9. The tornado also pushed together three cars that were in Ideal Plaza parking lot.
The tornado was on the ground for fewer than two minutes, the NWS said, and had a maximum path width of 40 yards.
The second tornado "tracked briefly" through Oak Glen Park about 3.5 miles east-southeast of the first, the NWS said. Damage included snapped and uprooted trees around the soccer field.
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