A thunderstorm moving quickly ended a heat wave in three figures, but caused the burning of homes, downed trees and power outages in the counties of Monmouth and northern Ocean late Wednesday afternoon.
"It was a circus - I've never seen anything like this," said Earl Way 92-year-old whose home is near Sandy Hook Bay, Atlantic Highlands. "At 5:25 pm, just blown apart. It was great. He came so fast. The water was three or four feet high. You would not believe."
Bad weather caused more than 1,800 Jersey Central Power & Light customers lost power Wednesday afternoon in Colts Neck, Freehold, Howell, Middletown, Marlboro and the townships of the ocean, and Little Silver, according to the map failure of the company.
Between one-half inch and one inch hail was reported in Jackson, Freehold, Middletown and Red Bank, the National Weather Service said.
Monmouth County dispatchers reported a substantial number of lightning and fallen trees in roads, particularly in Tinton Falls and Fair Haven.
On Washington Street in Keyport, lightning struck a house, knocking down of gypsum board on a second bathroom floor, police Lt. Anthony Gallo said. "There was really no damage to the exterior of the house," he says. "It was very bizarre. Residents were at home, but nobody was injured. While we were there, lightning struck a house in the street, but we were not able to confirm. Two other homes lost power. " At 5:49 p.m., emergency dispatchers Monmouth County received a 911 call from a female who reported her boyfriend got in trouble in the Raritan Bay in Keyport Yacht Club after his boat overturned, Gallo said.
"It was discovered the call was a hoax," he said, declining to give more information in the early evening Wednesday. Union Police Sgt beach. Timothy Kelly said lightning struck a house on Florence Avenue, from a fire that caused minimal damage and was before the arrival of firefighters. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday for 16 counties in New Jersey. "Some storms were producing hail and strong winds locally tonight, so this is a concern," meteorologist Kristin Kline of the weather service.
"It was a circus - I've never seen anything like this," said Earl Way 92-year-old whose home is near Sandy Hook Bay, Atlantic Highlands. "At 5:25 pm, just blown apart. It was great. He came so fast. The water was three or four feet high. You would not believe."
On Washington Street in Keyport, lightning struck a house, knocking down of gypsum board on a second bathroom floor, police Lt. Anthony Gallo said. "There was really no damage to the exterior of the house," he says. "It was very bizarre. Residents were at home, but nobody was injured. While we were there, lightning struck a house in the street, but we were not able to confirm. Two other homes lost power. " At 5:49 p.m., emergency dispatchers Monmouth County received a 911 call from a female who reported her boyfriend got in trouble in the Raritan Bay in Keyport Yacht Club after his boat overturned, Gallo said.
"It was discovered the call was a hoax," he said, declining to give more information in the early evening Wednesday. Union Police Sgt beach. Timothy Kelly said lightning struck a house on Florence Avenue, from a fire that caused minimal damage and was before the arrival of firefighters. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a severe thunderstorm watch Wednesday for 16 counties in New Jersey. "Some storms were producing hail and strong winds locally tonight, so this is a concern," meteorologist Kristin Kline of the weather service.
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