Type | Tornado outbreak |
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Duration | August 29–September 2, 2021 |
Highest winds |
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Tornadoes confirmed | 36 |
Max. rating1 | EF3 tornado |
Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 79 hours, 15 minutes |
Fatalities | 1 death, 7 injuries |
Damage | >$13.098 million (2021 USD)[1] |
Areas affected | Southeastern United States and Northeastern United States |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2021 1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado |
Hurricane Ida generated a tornado outbreak as it traversed the Southeastern, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern United States. Thirty-six confirmed tornadoes touched down from Mississippi to Massachusetts; one person was killed in Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, and several people were injured in Alabama, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The most active and destructive part of the outbreak occurred during the afternoon of September 1, when several strong tornadoes struck Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, including an EF3 tornado which impacted Mullica Hill, New Jersey. The same storm later dropped an EF1 tornado that prompted a tornado emergency for Burlington, New Jersey and Croydon, and Bristol, Pennsylvania, the first of its kind in the Northeast, as well as the first such alert associated with a tropical cyclone or its remnants.[2] This outbreak severely impacted New Jersey and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, a region which had been significantly impacted by strong tornadoes from another outbreak that occurred just over a month prior, as well as several weak tornadoes from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred two weeks earlier. Overall, the 36 tornadoes killed one person and injured seven others.