PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

442 PM EDT MON APR 4 2016

...MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED NEAR BRIDGETON/HOPEWELL TOWNSHIPS

IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY...

LOCATION...BRIDGETON/HOPEWELL TOWNSHIPS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY

DATE...04/02/2016 ESTIMATED TIME...1135 PM EDT

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...85 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...1000 FEET

PATH LENGTH...5 MILES

BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.46 N/-75.28 W

ENDING LAT/LON...39.46 N/-75.18 W

* FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * 

THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL

REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS CONFIRMED A MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ NEAR BRIDGETON/HOPEWELL IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY ON 04/02/2016.

DAMAGE BEGAN ON SHOEMAKER LANE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BARRETTS RUN ROAD IN HOPEWELL. THE DAMAGE WAS MOST CONCENTRATED ON THE WESTERN END OF SHOEMAKER LANE...WITH NUMEROUS TREES SHEARED OFF AND SOME UPROOTED.

SOME TREES WERE IN EXCESS OF 2 FEET IN DIAMETER. THERE WAS ALSO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A METAL GARAGE ON SHOEMAKER LANE. THE DAMAGE ENDED NEAR THE WALMART ON ROUTE 77 IN BRIDGETON...WHERE SEVERAL POWER POLES AND TREES WERE FELLED.

THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO ROOF SHINGLES AND FLASHING ALONG THE PATH.

THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/PHI.

FOR REFERENCE... A MICROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW AREA OF LESS THAN 2 1/2 MILES WIDE

AND PEAK WINDS LASTING LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. MICROBURSTS MAY INDUCE DANGEROUS HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL WIND SHEARS...WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE

GENERALLY ANY WIND THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM TORNADIC WINDS.

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NIERENBERG/FRANCK