Funnel Cloud, Burlington
- When
- September 8, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, Lumberton
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in New Jersey, September 8, 1996
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Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
Funnel clouds were sited over both Burlington City (at about 640 p.m. EDT) and Lumberton (at about 7 p.m. EDT). Neither touched down, but hail as large as golfballs fell in a swath from Florence east through Springfield Township and some straight line wind damage did occur within Burlington City and Florence. No serious injuries were reported.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5580599.