Hail as big as tennis balls reported as strong thunderstorms hit the N.J. region

Hail stones as huge as tennis balls pelted some areas of New Jersey on Friday as a line of sturdy thunderstorms swept throughout the area, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service.

A number of the greatest hail — measured at 2.50 inches in diameter, about as huge as an ordinary tennis ball — was present in Shamong in Burlington County, experiences from climate spotters present. Hail stones as giant as ping pong balls, coming in at 1.50 inches in diameter, have been reported in Cherry Hill in Camden County and in Medford Lakes in Burlington County.

Within the Ashland space of Camden County, a resident reported half-dollar-size hail (1.25 inches in diameter). In Cherry Hill and Marlton, climate spotters reported quarter-size hail (1 inch in diameter), whereas nickel-size hail (0.88 inches in diameter) was reported in Voorhees.

“Quite a few experiences of 1.5-2″ diameter hail have been obtained from central Camden and Burlington Counties,” the climate service’s Mount Holly workplace stated on Twitter.

Hail stones the scale of tennis balls are thought-about uncommon in New Jersey, and extra widespread in locations just like the Midwest or the Deep South. Nonetheless, in July 2021, hail as huge as tennis balls and golf balls fell from the sky throughout intense thunderstorms that lashed Bergen County.

The most important hail stone ever reported in New Jersey was 3 inches in diameter, in line with knowledge from the Nationwide Climate Service. The monster hail stone — barely larger than an ordinary baseball — fell on June 23, 1969 in Cherry Hill.

Twister watch lifted

Late Friday morning, the climate company issued a twister look ahead to 13 counties throughout the Backyard State, however no funnel clouds have been noticed as of Friday night, and the watch was lifted in all areas by 6:15 p.m.

Although there was no tornadic exercise, waves of intense thunderstorms moved throughout the state and triggered a collection of extreme thunderstorm warnings in a number of counties. A number of the storms produced heavy downpours, fierce wind gusts and huge hail.

At one level early Friday night, about 4,000 houses and companies throughout the state had misplaced energy, in line with knowledge from utility corporations. As of seven p.m. Friday, the whole outage quantity was right down to about 3,600.

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NJ Advance Media workers author Len Melisurgo contributed to this report.

Noah Cohen could also be reached at ncohen@njadvancemedia.com.