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The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado came ashore in the Normandy Beach neighborhood, a collection of streets split between Toms River and Brick townships.<\/p>\n
Several funnel clouds and waterspouts were seen Tuesday as a string of storms moved through the area. The video embedded with this story shows a funnel cloud near South Seaside Park that was part of the same storm system, as captured by the Shore and More General Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, a waterspout formed between Silver Bay and Kettle Creek, on the mainland side of the bay, then moved ashore at the Normandy Beach Yacht Club near South Court.<\/p>\n “Several boats and associated trailers were tossed and flipped, with minor damage reported to at least one home on South Court,” the NWS statement said.<\/p>\n The tornado was measured as an EF-0 storm, a weak tornado with wind speeds between 65 and 85 m.p.h.<\/p>\n The tornado “may have lifted as it proceeded east across Route 35,” the statement said, “and approached the coast just north of Normandy Shores Beach Club.”<\/p>\n The tornado returned to its waterspout state over the ocean and did not cause further damage, the NWS statement said.<\/p>\n Other storms that were described by many residents as tornadoes could not be confirmed. The NWS said storms in Toms River and Brick Township’s mainland areas were associated with a front moving through the area.<\/p>\n