Rare February tornado in New Jersey leaves extensive damage, displaces 100 residents

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Rare February tornado in New Jersey leaves extensive damage, displaces 100 residents
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The thunderstorm that rocked New Jersey Tuesday, leaving downed trees and damaged homes in its wake, was actually a tornado.

An EF-2 tornado touched down in New Jersey on Tuesday, leveling trees, damaging homes and displacing about 100 residents, officials confirmed Wednesday.

The twister — the first to strike New Jersey in the month of February since 1999 and fifth since 1950 — touched down in Mercer County at 3:35 p.m.,Though it lasted only about six minutes, the tornado produced whipping winds of up to 115 mph, making it one of the strongest ever recorded in the state’s history.

The tornado left a straight path of damage as it ripped through the central New Jersey county. Buildings and trees were toppled from a residential section of the county through a park and into a golf course, the NWS said. “Fortunately no injuries were reported despite the serious damage to homes, buildings, cars and landscape, including at our Mercer Oaks golf course,”

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