Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Recent warnings from the National Weather Service indicate high tides and potential for flooding.
The National Weather Service is predicting that a nor'easter impacting New Jersey could cause minor to moderate flooding along coastal areas with the possibility of dune breaches and property damage to already vulnerable structures. According to a recent update from the NWS, the winter storm, which will bring heavy sustained winds and wind gusts and rain and snow through Thursday and into early Friday morning, will close roads, cause beach erosion, and present a particularly significant threat to beaches and shore communities already compromised following Hurricane Sandy. The storm's target areas include much of the coast, including Eastern Monmouth County, Ocean County, Coastal Ocean County, Coastal Atlantic County, Middlesex County, as …
Update on town conditions, live weather and traffic, plus emergency contact info
Check back to this article as the nor'easter continues; updates posted regularly. (Last update: 3 p.m. Wednesday) Belmar Nearly a thousand Belmar residents were without power after noon Wednesday, with Belmar Elementary School and the municipal library among those in the dark. Belmar announced: "JCP&L has experienced some downed wires near their South Belmar Substation that has impacted hundreds of homes in Belmar as well as power loss to the Elementary School and the Library. JCP&L is responding to the incident and we will be in touch with further updates as they are made available to us. This storm will continue to bring high winds that will effect our power. If you experience any outage – please immediately call JCP&L at 888-LIGHTSS or…
No evacuations needed
Update 1 p.m.: Nearly a thousand Belmar residents were without power after noon Wednesday, with Belmar Elementary School and the municipal library among those in the dark. Belmar announced: "JCP&L has experienced some downed wires near their South Belmar Substation that has impacted hundreds of homes in Belmar as well as power loss to the Elementary School and the Library. JCP&L is responding to the incident and we will be in touch with further updates as they are made available to us. This storm will continue to bring high winds that will effect our power. If you experience any outage – please immediately call JCP&L at 888-LIGHTSS or 888-544-4877." Residents in flood-prone areas should move vehicles from the roads, but due to possible …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
No snow predicted in mid-week storm, however
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Daniel Nee
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
It won't be a repeat of the 2010 post-Christmas blizzard, but a coastal storm will bring rain, high winds and the threat of flooding to the Shore area Wednesday into Thursday. A coastal flood watch was in effect for Monmouth and Ocean counties and a wind advisory stretched the entire length of the shoreline from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Rain was forecast to begin falling across the region by 1 p.m., forecasters with the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly predicted. Wind gusts were forecast to reach up to 40 m.p.h. during the afternoon Wednesday and up to an inch of rain was possible. Heavy rain is forecast to continue through Wednesday night into Thursday morning, with as much as two additional inches falling. Wind gusts could …
NJarhead
8:46 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
yea, likewise. more ›