Chesterfield tornado rated EF-1 with 100 mph winds

Swirling winds moved over this neighborhood just off Old York Road. Anthony Balina captured the EF1-rated tornado while his son Chris watched from the front porch, almost mesmerized by the power. I was like, I'm finally seeing another tornado. A few hundred yards away, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Russell noticed the weather changing. All of a sudden, hail started coming down. I stood right here and looked at it hit my car. Raymond got the warning on his phone and ran to the basement. And I wanted to make the first step, and this came down on me. As the roof come down, water came in on me and some of the insulation. 100 mile per hour winds tore apart his home. A neighbor found him locked in the basement and helped him out. I walked over. He said, look at this. And it was just like this. Okay. They're putting up a tarp and they're putting wood up to hold the tarp up. Neighbor Tara McCready also sought shelter in her basement. The wind was roaring exactly what everybody talks about with that that loud roaring train sound. That's exactly what it was. The winds in this confirmed tornado were so powerful, they picked up a backyard playset in Tara's yard and threw it all the way to the edge of the property line in Raymond's yard at the same time, leaving homes nearby virtually untouched. Raymond's home suffered a catastrophic strike, but he and everyone else in this hard-hit neighborhood made it out okay. Listen, that's the most important thing. I'm alive. In Chesterfield, Burlington County, Jim Murdoch, News 12, New Jersey.