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| 18:01Z | EF2 | KLWX | MD | Anne Arundel | Owensville | The remnants of Ida produced one of the strongest tornadoes in the past decade of Maryland's history. Only four other EF2 or stronger tornadoes have occurred in the state in the past 10 years.||On Wednesday afternoon, a tornado that peaked in intensity with winds estimated at 125 mph traveled northeast along a path through Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis. It not only snapped numerous trees, but also produced significant structural damage to homes, businesses, and a school. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, even though it tracked through a heavily populated area. Several eyewitnesses to the event reported getting the NWS Tornado Warning through their cell phone in advance, and sheltering in response to the warning.||From the NWS storm survey, the first damage noted, and recorded touchdown point was in Owensville, Maryland, in southern Anne Arundel County, near the intersection of Sudley Road and Owensville Road. This included a large limb from a tree top over Sudley Road and several portions of large cedar trees snapped along Owensville Road. The tornado moved northeast across rural southern Anne Arundel County before crossing Mill Swamp Road. Here, about a quarter of a mile east of the intersection with Dove Farm Road, dozens of trees and large branches were snapped and uprooted in a path from southwest to northeast as far as you could see in either direction from the road. While the dominant direction of the tree damage was being blown down to the north or northeast, there were trees downed in multiple directions, and many were topped.||The tornado intensified further as it moved into the South River Colony community. Dozens of trees were downed along the easternmost portions of Monarch Drive. Homes near the intersection of Monarch Drive and Red Admiral Court were particularly hard hit by some of the strongest winds of the entire tornado path. Several had significant portions of their roof damaged or removed, and one home in the middle of the track was unroofed entirely. One resident in this area reported seeing the tornado as it approached. The tornado then crossed South River Golf Links before moving into a campus of school buildings that includes South River High School and the Center of Applied Technology South. There it damaged the upper parts of the football field grandstands and concessions stand, damaged the roof, and caused cosmetic damage to some of the upper portions of the Center of Applied Technology South. The schools were left structurally sound, and the staff and some students that were there were able to shelter without injury.||The tornado crossed Central Avenue around 2:11 PM and moved into Edgewater. Here it crossed the communities of Woodland Beach, Londontowne, and Edgewater Park. Dozens of trees and large branches were snapped, and portions of 5 to 10 roofs were noted to have been damaged. One home near the intersection of Millstone Drive and Oakwood Road had only damaged roof trusses remaining of its roof.||The tornado crossed the South River and moved through western portions of the City of Annapolis at peak intensity with winds estimated at 125 mph at 2:20 PM. Several trees were snapped along the path as it crossed Aris T. Allen Boulevard just east of the Annapolis Harbour Center shopping area. It crossed Forest Drive at the intersection of Parole Street. Several homes there sustained roof damage, and one home was unroofed entirely. As it crossed the area near the intersection of West Street and Lee Street, the most substantial structural damage was noted. A large warehouse building had the winds enter the south side of the building and blow out a large portion of the west side cinder block wall. The roof with large metal trusses was largely removed. A fast food restaurant had its sign entirely removed from its post. Another commercial building had its roof removed, significant upper portions of the cinder block building removed, and its large commercial sign post blown over. A strip mall across the street had its windows blown out and flat roof damaged. All the telephone poles and attached wires along this stretch of West Street were downed. Another commercial building had its windows blown out. Several eyewitnesses saw the tornado as it passed.||Additional residential roof damage occurred as the tornado moved north over Bowman Court. From here, the tornado crossed into the community of Admiral Heights. Affected were areas along Halsey Road and adjacent Cedar Park Road. Here, the wind did not directly cause any structural damage, but about a dozen trees were snapped. That included one large, healthy tree about two and a half feet in diameter. The tornado crossed Weems Creek and Rowe Boulevard, and then snapped several trees along Riverview Avenue.||Finally, the tornado crossed US Route 50/301 a few hundred yards west of the Severn River Bridge, snapping trees on both sides of the highway. The final damage noted occurred at the end of Acorn Drive at the last residential property that sits on the shore of the Severn River. Several trees were snapped here. The tornado dissipated here, or as it crossed the Severn River. The survey team was not able to find any damage north of the Severn River, and video evidence from social media indicates the funnel dissipated here. |
| 18:48Z | EF0 | KDOX | MD | Baltimore | Ft Howard | A NWS storm survey team determined that aN EF-0 tornado occurred near Edgemere in Baltimore County, Maryland, on Wednesday afternoon, September 1, 2021. This tornado produced scattered minor tree damage across an approximate 6.7 mile path. This tornado was produced by the same supercell that produced the Anne Arundel County/Annapolis tornado roughly a half hour prior.||The first damage noted was near Fort Howard Park where there were broken tree branches and a hardwood tree snapped. As the tornado progressed to the northeast, hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted along Fort Howard Park Road. The tornado continued its northeast trek through North Point State Park where more broken tree branches and softwood trees were found snapped. Sporadic damage continued throughout the park before the tornado crossed the Black River.||As the tornado moved northeast over Rocky Point, leaf debris and small branches covered Rocky Point Golf Course. The northeast track continued just west of Browns Creek where hardwood trees were sheared on the tree line and tree branches were broken. The last of the damage was found near Holly Beach. |
| 20:15Z | EF2 | KDOX | PA | Chester | Oxford | An embedded supercell in a quasi-linear feature produced a |tornado near Oxford, PA. A path of damage began in crop land near |the intersection of 5th Street and Waterway Road. Tree damage |continued northeast of here. ||Significant damage occurred in the Wiltshire Development. On Slate|Hill Drive, one house lost a southeast facing exterior wall. |Another house lost a significant amount of siding and a portion |of the roof. Tree damage continued in a northeast path. At Hickory|Hill Road, there was damage to the roof of a commercial |outbuilding and a recreational trailer was flipped on its side.||Sporadic tree and crop damage was noted from drone footage (this |portion of the path was inaccessible by vehicle) continuing to the|northeast. A metal storage building at a business along Reedville|Road had wall and roof damage. Further northeast there was damage|to turkey pens near the intersection of Baltimore Pike and West |Branch Road. Just a little further northeast, there was also heavy damage to a couple of barns, outbuildings, and porch structures on Conner Rd.||Additional tree and power pole damage continued in a northeast |path. The last damage noted along this continuous path was |exterior wall damage to a farm outbuilding and crop damage along |Street Road near Route 10. Sporadic tree damage was observed near |Route 10 and Ewing Road, but this does not appear to be in a |continuous path from the other damage, so this may have been |caused by straight line winds. |
| 20:45Z | EF0 | KDOX | MD | Dorchester | Elwood | The National Weather Service in Wakefield has surveyed the storm damage near Hurlock, and found it consistent with damage from an EF0 tornado with peak winds of 75 mph. The tornado touched down near East New Market-Hurlock Road just southwest of Hurlock, then tracked north northeast before lifting near Bobtown Road several miles north of Hurlock. Along the track, damage was observed to a metal building structure where a 40 foot hole was evident in the roof. Several irrigation systems were overturned in additional to damage to soybean and corn fields. There was also some minor tree damage along the track. |
| 21:35Z | EF2 | KDIX | PA | Montgomery | Flourtown | A semi-discrete supercell thunderstorm began to exhibit rotation |over Delaware County, PA around 5:15 PM on September 1. The |rotation continued north-northeast into Montgomery County, and |eventually strengthened enough to produce a tornado. Minor tree |damage was first observed along Stenton Ave in Fort Washington in |the area of the Philadelphia Cricket Club. A path of tree damage |was observed heading northeast along Joshua Rd and through Fort |Washington State Park. Some minor shingle and siding damage to |houses was also seen. ||Damage became more severe after the tornado crossed the |Pennsylvania Turnpike. At this time the tornado also moved into a |more residential area. Damage was observed along Montgomery Ave, |Spring Ave, and Prospect Ave and numerous crossing streets of |those. This mainly consisted of numerous snapped and uprooted |trees with minor to moderate roofing and siding damage to a number|of homes. The worst damage was observed slightly farther |northeast in the area of Stuart Creek in Upper Dublin. A number of|homes suffered partial to near total loss of roofing with many |damaged to the point of being uninhabitable. At least one home |experienced partial collapse of exterior walls consistent with EF2|tornado damage. Nearly all trees were snapped or heavily damaged |in this area as well. ||Damage continued along Route 309 to the area of Upper Dublin High|School. The high school itself suffered roofing damage, and |significant roofing loss occurred to an Upper Dublin Township |building adjacent to the high school. A number of residences along|Loch Alsh Ave and several surrounding streets were also damaged. |A woman was killed when a tree fell on her home on Kenyon Dr, the |only known tornado-related fatality from this tornado or any |tornado during this regional outbreak.||Further northeast, damage occurred on and around the Temple |University Ambler Campus, again consisting of considerable tree |damage and partial roofing loss on a number of homes and |university buildings. The tornado then moved into Maple Glen, |crossing a heavily developed area near Norristown Rd at Limekiln |Pike. Snapped trees and mostly minor roofing and siding damage to |several commercial buildings was observed in this area. The |tornado remained continuous but did begin to lose some intensity |as it moved into Horsham Twp, traveling east of Limekiln Pike. A |number of trees were snapped along Babylon Rd. Near Horsham Rd, |roofing damage occurred to a veterinary hospital, along with |additional large trees snapped. Damage appeared to end not long |after that point. The tornado crossed Horsham Rd, but little to no|damage was observed in a couple of parks across the road, |approaching the Bucks County line. The tornado is believed to have|lifted in that area. |
| 21:59Z | EF1 | KDIX | PA | Bucks | Edison | The storm which produced a strong tornado in Montgomery County, |PA, cycled and produced another tornado in Bucks County, PA. |Damage began near in the area of Neshaminy Creek between Valley Rd|and Pebble Hill Rd in Doylestown. The tornado tracked north- |northeast from there, producing a consistent path of damage. |Damage was mainly confined to trees and was fairly extensive at |times, with much of the path length being heavily wooded. Numerous|hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted along the |path. Damage was strongly suggestive of tornadic winds, and a |tornado debris signature was also evident on radar. The heaviest |damage occurred near and along a stretch of Edison- Furlong Rd. |Extensive tree damage occurred along that road and a number of its|cross streets. Several utility poles were snapped in this area. |Tree damage along nearby Swamp Rd was also significant. The |tornado continued but began to lose intensity as it approached |Route 202, with sporadic tree damage observed on Mill Rd. Gradual |weakening continued and the tornado appeared to lift entirely in |the area of Burnt House Hill Rd. The extent of tree damage |suggested maximum winds of around 100 mph. No injuries were |reported as a result of this tornado. |
| 22:10Z | EF3 | KDOX | NJ | Gloucester | Harrisonville | The tornado touched down near Harrisonville, NJ doing mostly |damage to trees and limbs before strengthening and moving |northeast. As it moved to the northeast, it crossed into the Cedar|Grove area producing more significant damage to trees with many |trees uprooted. ||The tornado moved into the Willow Oaks subdivision strengthening |further and producing significant damage to trees, as well as |serious structural damage to a number of homes. Several homes had |exterior walls completely collapsed, a number of homes lost roofs |and upper story walls, and one home had only a few interior walls |remaining. Vehicles were tossed around and moved, and damage from |flying debris was observed in several spots.||The tornado continued to move to the northeast to Bridgeton Pike |where multiple trees had trunks snapped and most of the barns and |storage buildings at a large commercial farm were completely |destroyed. The tornado also reached its maximum width at this |location and was estimated to be around 400 yards wide.||The tornado then continued northeast through the woods with |multiple trees snapped before entering the subdivision at |Salvatore Drive. Here the tornado's most significant damage was |observed with one home completely destroyed with no interior or |exterior walls standing. Other homes in the subdivision had |exterior walls collapsed along with garage collapses and vehicles |being tossed around by the tornadic winds. The consistency of the |damage along the path of the tornado in this area was EF-3 in the |middle of the circulation, with EF-2 along the edge of the |circulation. In addition, the tree damage was not as extensive |behind the completely destroyed house. Based on the consistency of|the damage along Salvatore Drive, a rating of EF-3 (150 mph) was |determined.||The tornado continued to the northeast damaging trees and |structures along its path before reaching a large commercial dairy|farm where extensive damage occurred. Barns were destroyed and |two large grain silos were toppled. The tornado then crossed |Jefferson Road and crossed Eachus Road snapping multiple trees. |Thereafter, the tornado moved into the Breakneck Road area |producing complete deforestation with nearly 100 percent of the |trees in a thickly wooded area snapped. ||The tornado path crossed Main St, just south of Chestnut Branch |Park in Mantua Township snapping and uprooting a number of trees |before reaching the Delaware Valley Florist commercial greenhouse |mostly destroying the structure. The tornado damage path then |continued to the northeast reaching Wenonah, snapping and |uprooting a number of trees, a few homes lost roofs and one |structure collapsed. ||Less severe tree damage persisted to the northeast along the |tornado's path toward Deptford where the tornado lifted. |
| 22:30Z | EF1 | KDIX | PA | Bucks | Buckmanville | A tornado embedded within a squall line developed several miles |southeast of the storm which produced a tornado in Buckingham |Township. Tornadic damage was first observed in the vicinity of |Stoneybrook Rd at Eagle Rd, near Jericho Creek. The tornado |tracked northeastward from there. It passed over the Jericho |National Golf Club, and sporadic tree damage mainly consisting of |uproots and large limbs snapped was observed in a path throughout |the golf course. It then moved over the adjacent Brownsburg Park, |where additional tree damage was observed and several soccer goals|were observed flipped in various directions. The tornado then |began to approach the Delaware River. Some minor tree damage was |observed along River Rd. However, the tornado appeared to lift |just slightly before reaching the Delaware River, with no apparent|damage on Pebbletown Rd just prior to the river. Throughout its |path, the tree damage produced by this tornado was fairly |sporadic, and it may have been discontinuous. Noticeable wind |damage was also observed for at least a mile east of the tornado |track, especially near its endpoint close to the Delaware River. |This is believed to be straight line wind damage, which is |corroborated by radar data, occurring around the rear flank |downdraft region of the tornadic circulation. However, the exact |length and width of the tornadic circulation is somewhat uncertain|due to the surrounding areas of straight line wind damage. |
| 22:59Z | EF1 | KDIX | NJ | Burlington | Beverly | After cycling from an earlier tornado near Mullica Hill, NJ, a |supercell thunderstorm produced an additional tornado in |Burlington Township, NJ near the township line with Edgewater |Park, NJ. Some evidence of RFD winds was prevalent southward |through the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Edgewater Park with one |pine tree being uprooted and several small branches being brought |down all the way south to Pennington Park in Delanco Township, |NJ,but damage was too sparse to be noted as tornadic. As the |tornado touched down, numerous hard and softwood trees were |uprooted along Jennifer Lane in a neighborhood just off of Beverly|Road in Burlington Township. A large branch was also brought down|on a vehicle at the intersection of Jennifer Lane and Squire Way.|Nearby, a pine tree was brought down, breaking a window to a |residence further west on Jennifer Lane with a small Sycamore tree|also being snapped at the base a few houses down the road. ||As the tornado crossed Shive Place and Handler Drive, several |trees were snapped and large branches brought down. Soffit damage |was also observed to a couple of homes nearby. Perhaps the most |impressive damage was observed along Beverly Road near the |intersection with Handler Drive where resident noted that nearly |thirty trees were either uprooted or snapped. Observations seemed |to agree with that statement with crews working to repair downed |power lines as well.||The tornado then proceeded towards the Delaware River as it took |a slight turn towards the north. With only a steel and power plant|lying beneath it-these two structurally sound facilities did not |appear to sustain any visible damage despite a rather impressive |viral Tweet with a video of the tornado passing across the |Burlington-Bristol Bridge. Driving across the bridge for this very|survey, no damage was noted given the structural integrity of the|feature. The tornado continued into Bucks County, Pennsylvania. |
| 23:03Z | EF1 | KDIX | PA | Bucks | West Bristol | The tornado which began in Burlington County, New Jersey crossed the Burlington-Bristol Bridge and moved into Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As the tornado passed through a wooded floodplain along |the banks of the Delaware River, no visible damage was noted |either. The tornado then lifted just before reaching downtown |Bristol, PA, with several trees being snapped along the Bristol |Wharf. |
| 23:32Z | EF0 | KDIX | NJ | Mercer | Clarksville | A tornado touched down along Emmons Drive along Route 1 in |Princeton, NJ as a remnant supercell moved northward after |producing the Mullica Hill and Burlington, NJ tornadoes earlier |Wednesday afternoon as Ida's remnants moved through the region. |Damage first occurred as several small branches were brought down |along the Whole Foods and Wendy's parking lots along Route 1 in |far eastern Princeton Township, with a continued path of minor |branch damage extending northward along Farber Road, Meadow Drive,|and Canal Pointe Boulevard adjacent to Route 1. Several medium-|size trees were also uprooted with numerous small branches having |been brought down along the western periphery of the Marketfair |shopping parking lot. ||From there, the tornado continued northward with minor tree |damage having occurred along Carnegie Center Boulevard as the |tornado moved northward. Several small branches were also brought |down in a residential area along Heritage Boulevard with one pine |tree even having been snapped. An additional pine tree was also |uprooted along Alexander Road near Glenview. The tornado then |snapped several small hardwood trees, knocking down several |utility poles and power lines along Washington Road. A tree was |also uprooted along Lower Harrison Street along Carnegie Lake |before the tornado lifted somewhere over the lake. |
| 05:30Z | EF0 | KBOX | MA | Barnstable | Dennis | A weak tornado briefly touched down at 130 AM in Dennis early in the morning and lasted for less than one minute. Damage was observed near the intersection of East Bay View Road and Wampanoag Trail. One home sustained damage when a window of a sun porch was blown in and others on an adjacent side were blown out. Outside patio furniture was lofted and landed across the street. Another house across the street had shingles blown off the roof in the opposite direction from other damage that was observed. Three large oak trees in the area also were blown down. One resident received the tornado warning prior to 1 AM and was able to seek shelter in the basement. The estimated maximum wind speed was 75 mph. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).