Thursday, April 28, 2011

Hunterdon and Morris Counties Hardest Hit Today

In Hunterdon County (New Jersey), a funnel cloud was reported in Alexandria Township. In Morris County, a funnel cloud was reported in Chester Township. In Passaic County, an impressive three funnel clouds were spotted at one time in Wayne Township. There were trees and power lines knocked down in Hunterdon and Morris Counties, including in Alexandria Township. WNBC in New York is reporting possible tornado damage in Denville Township, but the National Weather Service reports that they believe it was thunderstorm wind damage. Jersey Central Power and Light’s online outage map did show several thousand in that area without power at one point in these areas. Of course, we will keep you updated if there is a report of an actual tornado touchdown in this area.

Anthony Gigi told NJ.Com the following: "The reports that we are getting are more consistent with a severe thunderstorm rather than a tornado. We’re not seeing hundreds of trees down or roofs ripped off of homes," Gigi said.

The storm prompted tornado warnings for several North-Central New Jersey and Northeastern New Jersey counties due to strong rotation being detected on doppler radar.

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