Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power In Toms River, Brick, Wall, Manahawkin And Howell
Toms River among the hardest hit, with over 11,000 customers in the dark; minimal problems in Berkeley
A severe thunderstorm may have brought relief from high temperatures, but it also left thousands without power in Monmouth and Ocean counties Saturday evening.
Over 50,000 customers had lost power by 8:45 p.m., according to Jersey Central Power & Light and Atlantic Electric.
Toms River was among the worst hit, with over 11,000 without power. Howell Township had over 8,600 customers in the dark and Brick had more than 2,800. Wall had nearly 800 in the dark.
Atlantic Electric reported than more than 3,000 customers lost power in Manhawkin. The company's outage map is here.
Berkeley Township was relatively unscathed, with minimal power outages in some sections of town, Mayor Carmen F. Amato Jr. said.
However, township parks and recreation department workers were out shortly after the storm, helping to clear roads where trees had fallen, the mayor said.
Residents can call the Berkeley Township Police Department to report power outages or downed trees at 732-341-6600 or JCP&L at: 1-888-544-4877
In the eastern part of the Monmouth County, Bradley Beach was most impacted, with 3,200 customers without power--nearly all JCP&L's customers in the borough. Eatontown had 1,340 households without power and Red Bank had just over 1,000.
JCP&L makes information on outages available on its Web site.
Patricia A. Miller contributed to this article.
paddler
9:57 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
What a great storm!
Love NJ
10:23 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
it did break the heat, must be 20 to 30 degrees cooler ,
Kathy
10:23 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
May it's me but the Berkeley patch should report power is off in parts of Bayville. Traffic lights along rt 9 blinking. No power in parts of Sylvan Lakes.
Susan
10:49 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
I think every emergency vehicle went flying down Drum Point - any idea what happened down there?
Kim E
12:00 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
We have a pole with electric wires down on Cedar Island but still have power. Can't get out they closed, the street only way out.
grandma6
10:06 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
transformer got blown out, off drum point into cherry quey area, /// that area still has no power until they get a new transformer up
Ortley
11:03 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
It was unreal watching it come from the north across the bay....then after many lightning strikes it shifted from south to north ! We watched it from the windows at Xina.
Mr. ?
11:05 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
You bet TR was hit hard! On my block, large trees down trees down in several neighbors yards including three of mine. Never seen anything like it. Had to be one of those micro bursts as the winds were incredible! Would love to know what the wind speeds were. Lots of cleanup tomorrow!
Kim E
12:09 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
The temp in TR 101. 3 and wind 59.5 here in Brick I heard wind was 80
Matt
11:39 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Thank you Berkley for keeping the power on. Lost power for about 5 minuets.
Gino De Lucia
11:58 pm on Saturday, July 7, 2012
Wind speeds reached 75 mph in Toms River & in Brick and that's hurricane force!
Dave Sleeper
12:00 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Forked River was hit soft. Lots of lights on throughout the town and my T.V. and computer remained on during the event.
Kaity Kusner
2:22 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
channel 7 ABC said winds were 78 in Brick and 75 in TR
P.L.
3:44 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Winds were strong in Brick.... My backyard gazebo was torn and two chairs were blown into my pool... No power one block away from me.....
gabriella
7:37 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
We have no power been sitting in the car all night for the cold air could be worse at least we are all safe
jon
8:14 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Wind in brick was unreal...and very sudden. It came out if nowhere. Everything got real dark and then all our furniture and umbrella in the backyard went airborne. The news said brick had the highest winds from.this.....78 mph, they said anything over 74 is considered hurricane strength. Crazy storm.....glad no trees came down here.
Dave Sleeper
8:25 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Thousands of people still have their electricity on in Forked River. Wind speeds reached 23.47 M.P.H.! Two large trees remained in place on Route 9.
Kathy Bottone
9:02 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
We were on a lagoon in Normandy Beach. We watched the storm come across the bay and it was amazing. Wind was blowing heavy outdoor furniture across decks, inflatable pools were flying (one was caught in the wires on a pole on 35!) and the lightning was spectacular. One side of the lagoon lost power and then our side did. The rain was fierce and for a while you just couldn't see out the windows. Then it was over the ocean and the sun was setting over the bay in a bright orange sky and their was a rainbow over the ocean with lightning bolts all around it. It was absolutely amazing!
Mr. ?
10:21 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Four large trees down, big dent in quarter panel of car when large fence gate let go, busted up umbrella and patio table and several days of cleanup and large trees, 75 footers to cut up.Yuk! Cat is OK though! Neighbors very large tree took the pool heater and filter out. Other neighbor lost 9 solar panels. 75 mph winds? I think much more than that where I am in TR.
ponysmuse
8:56 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
what kind of treees? we're looking fro anything thats not pine.. my husband can come help cut
Kelli Clark
4:05 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Live in Silverton, saw the clouds started to roll in and closed everything up. Lots of lightning, a few short bursts of really heavy wind and rain, but overall the storm didn't seem too bad. Lights went out for a split second and came right back on. I have not seen any damage from the storm. All our outdoor furniture stayed put, no trees came down or lost limbs, wires are all intact.
Susan
9:04 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
It was VERY bad in Normandy Beach, never saw anything like it!
John P Spiak
9:43 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
If anybody has wood from fallen trees from the weekend storm and they want to get rid of it, I will be more than happy to come get it from you. Just send a reply