[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 7/14/2011 11:20:29 AM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1118 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2011


...NO TORNADO IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW JERSEY ON FRIDAY JULY 8, 2011...


SEVERAL REPORTS AND PICTURES OF A FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH WESTERN ATLANTIC 
COUNTY...EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY....AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY ON 
FRIDAY JULY 8, 2011 BETWEEN 445PM AND 515PM WERE SUBMITTED TO THIS 
OFFICE BY SPOTTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

AN AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AREA CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY JULY 12, 
2011 INDICATED NO DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FUNNEL CLOUD.
THEREFORE, IT WAS NOT DECLARED A TORNADO BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. FURTHERMORE, DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RADAR DATA SUGGESTS
THAT FELLED TREES REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 206 NORTH OF HAMMONTON NEAR
ATSION WERE CAUSED BY A DOWNBURST (STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS) FROM THE
SAME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL
BURLINGTON COUNTY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER, AND MR. 
DOUG MELEGARI, BURLINGTON COUNTY SKYWARN COORDINATOR.  APPRECIATION 
IS ALSO EXTENDED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SEND IN 
THEIR REPORTS AND PICTURES. 

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JJM