[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Public Information Statement : PHI@ 7/23/2013 4:53:49 PM

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

...GUSTNADO CONFIRMED IN CEDAR GLEN WEST OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY...

A GROUP OF WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS COMPLETED A STORM SURVEY
JUST OUTSIDE OF CEDAR GLEN WEST THIS AFTERNOON. YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON AT APPROXIMATELY 5:10 PM A GUSTNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 60
MPH BROUGHT DOWN SEVERAL TREES AND RESULTED IN SOME MINOR ROOF
DAMAGE. THANKS TO CHRIS ALDRICH, LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR
AND EIRLEEN GRAHN A RESIDENT FOR THERE ASSISTANCE WITH REGARDS TO
THIS SURVEY.

FOR REFERENCE A GUSTNADO IS A SMALL WHIRLWIND WHICH FORMS AS AN
EDDY IN THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. THEY DO NOT CONNECT WITH ANY CLOUD
BASE ROTATION AND ARE NOT TORNADOES. THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS
THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENTS AND CAN CAUSE DAMAGE.

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