Tornado, Camden
- When
- February 12, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Cherry Hill
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -75.020
Tornado in New Jersey, February 12, 1999
A squall line of strong to locally severe thunderstorms spawned a weak tornado (F1 on the Fujita Scale) as it moved through southeastern Cherry Hill. The tornado briefly touched down in the Kate Court and Partridge Lane area and caused major damage to one house and moderate damage to about 12 other homes.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
A squall line of strong to locally severe thunderstorms spawned a weak tornado (F1 on the Fujita Scale) as it moved through southeastern Cherry Hill. The tornado briefly touched down in the Kate Court and Partridge Lane area and caused major damage to one house and moderate damage to about 12 other homes. Several sheds were destroyed. There was also considerable shingle and siding damage. One screened in porch was destroyed. Some of the damage was caused by airborne missiles which fell onto roofs and embedded into the ground. This included pieces of a stockade fence. The tornado's path length was estimated at 0.5 miles. Its path width was about 40 yards. Damage was estimated at $100,000. No serious injuries were reported. An unseasonably warm air mass and a strong cold front conspired to produce the tornado. Preceding the tornado, high temperatures soared to record breaking levels at both the Philadelphia (70 degrees, previous record 61 degrees set in 1898) and Atlantic City (62 degrees, previous record 61 degrees set in 1951) International Airports.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, February 12, 1999
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, February 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, February 12, 1999
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, February 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Weather in Ohio, February 12, 1999
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 12, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Jersey, 1999Warnings in New Jersey, February 1999
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: 5689275.