A tornado touched down in Mercer County on Tuesday, the first February confirmed tornado in the Garden State since 1999, the National Weather Service said.
As if this winter hasn’t been surreal enough, a tornado touched down in Mercer County on Tuesday, the first February confirmed tornado in the Garden State since 1999, the National Weather Service said.
The tornado evidently touched town about 3:40 p.m. in West Windsor, roughly 12 miles north of Trenton, around the same time that a warning was issued. The weather service carried reports of “large trees” down.This marked the fifth February tornado in New Jersey since 1950, said Matthew Elliott, warning coordination meteorologist for the government’s Storm Prediction Center.
However, the general lack of snow cover has made conditions more favorable for early-season tornadoes, said Elliott. “If you don’t have as much snowpack, it’s going to be a lot easier to get that warm, moist air farther north,” he said. This twister was set off by a potent front that arrived on a day when temperature readings had soared into the 60s.
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