28K Lose Power In Severe NJ Weather; Thunderstorms, Flooding

The National Weather Service issued several alerts for bad weather in New Jersey on Thursday. Nearly 30,000 were without power, with many areas of North and Central Jersey still impacted by the Wednesday storms (see towns listed below).

Thunderstorms were producing heavy rain across South Jersey and the Jersey Shore. Up to 2 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. Flash flooding was expected to begin shortly in the areas of heaviest rain.

A flash flood warning was issued for Ocean, Monmouth, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester counties and other areas of South Jersey and the Jersey Shore. The warning was set to expire at 6:45 p.m.

In Toms River, traffic lights on Route 37 were out. Use caution and expect delays.

Heavy flooding was reported on Barnegat roads. Use caution. Do not drive into standing water: Your car's electronics don't like water.

Ocean Township in Monmouth County also as having bad flooding.

Here are the towns that have power outages:

1. BERKELEY TOWNSHIP 8,370
2. TOMS RIVER TOWNSHIP 4,338
3. LAKEWOOD TOWNSHIP 3,842
4. EWING TWP 2,021
5. Medford Twp 1,484
6. BEACHWOOD BOROUGH 1,438
7. NEW MILFORD BORO 1,083
8. JACKSON TOWNSHIP 1,069
9. SOUTH TOMS RIVER BOROUGH 845
10. MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP 719
11. BERGENFIELD BORO 533
12. WILLINGBORO TWP 530
13. TENAFLY BORO 523
14. GLOUCESTER CITY 506
15. LAWRENCE TWP 108
16. PRINCETON 75
17. Evesham Twp 72
18. TRENTON CITY 60
19. RIVERTON BORO 52
20. PENNSAUKEN TWP 50
21. MOUNT EPHRAIM BORO 48
22. EASTAMPTON TWP 44
23. WEEHAWKEN TWP 38
24. FLORENCE TWP 27
25. CAMDEN CITY 27
26. JERSEY CITY 27
27. NEWARK CITY 24
28. EAST BRUNSWICK TWP 22
29. CHERRY HILL TWP 21
30. CHESTERFIELD TWP 19
31. WYCKOFF TWP 17
32. MOORESTOWN TWP 17
33. GLOUCESTER TWP 13
34. WOODBURY HEIGHTS BORO 12
35. BROOKLAWN BORO 9
36. BURLINGTON CITY 8
37. MONTCLAIR TWP 7
38. HAMILTON TWP 5

Here is the forecast:

• Thursday afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 88. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Thursday night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.