Date: 2/24/2023

Apart from the occasional wayward hurricane, New Jersey is not a state known for extreme weather events. On Tuesday, February 21, that changed for a terrifying hour when a very rare tornado hit Mercer County.

In its path was the West course at Mercer Oaks. By all accounts so far, and likely thanks to a sufficient tornado warning via an alert by the National Weather Service, no one was hurt on the golf course or anywhere else the tornado made contact.

The course will remain closed for some time as they work to clean up the damage.