EF1 tornado, Grenloch, New Jersey, June 9, 2022

1. EF065 to 85 mph

   Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

   Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

3. EF2111 to 135 mph

   Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

4. EF3136 to 165 mph

   Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

5. EF4166 to 200 mph

   Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

6. EF5over 200 mph

   Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

7. Unrated

   The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Rating

EF1

Date

June 9, 2022

Touchdown

4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)

Lifted

5:01 AM EDT (09:01 UTC)

On the ground

2 minutes

Path length

0.3 miles (0.4 km)

Path width

60 yards (55 m)

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

County

Camden County

Touchdown point

39.788, -75.026

Lift-off point

39.790, -75.023

Record number

2206090259-01

14 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS PHI, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 87 mph.

• Tree uprooted and fallen on house
• shed was blown apart into neighboors yard

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

Multiple clusters of showers and thunderstorms tracked through the mid-Atlantic during the night of June 8 into the early morning of June 9. A warm front was located over the region, with a warm and moist environment present along and south of the front. Moderate wind shear was present, locally enhanced near the frontal boundary. Despite the unfavorable diurnal timing, the shear combined with a small amount of instability allowed for some strong to severe storms developed. These storms produced localized wind damage over New Jersey, along with a brief tornado, as well as heavy rainfall. Storms moved offshore within a couple hours after dawn, and much quieter weather followed behind them.

The tornado touched down near Erial Road just on the other side |of the Marksmen Landscaping company. The tornado traveled |northeast towards the Deer Park Subdivision where several large |limbs were snapped off of both softwood and hardwood trees, with |at least 3 trees uprooted. In particular, damage began on the|southwest side of Deer Park Circle where several tree limbs were |noted snapped off of hardwood trees just on the other side of the |property line. The tornado then moved northeast, almost parallel |to Deer Park Circle where a hardwood tree was uprooted and fell |on the fence line. Multiple large tree limbs were then snapped at |multiple properties up towards the northeast extent of Deer Park |Circle. Debris was also noted on either side of the road in both |directions. One home had soffit removed from the side facing |northeast. At a single family residence at the end of Deer Park |Circle, two large soft wood trees were uprooted with one tree |having to be removed off of a single family residence. ||The tornado then continued northeast towards high tension |powerlines were it began to quickly dissipate. Several branches |were noted just on the other side of the power lines with PSE&G |Utility trucks removing debris from the clearing. The survey team |then looked on Hidden Drive for any more damage, but only debris |made up of large sticks and leaves was noted. No additional damage|was noted on Hidden Dr or any areas north and east of Hidden Drive |Given that several large trees were uprooted, the estimated peak |wind speed was set at 90 MPH, with the tornado being rated at an |EF-1.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down.

Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.

The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 08:59 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track

Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.

Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

The live radar over the trackEvery 2022 tornado in New JerseyEvery tornado in New Jersey since 1950Warnings in force in New Jersey nowThe forecast where you are

2 more were confirmed in the United States that day.

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.