Power Outage in Florham Park, NJ

Several downed power lines from strong winds in the vicinity of Briarwood and Ridgedale in Florham Park. Lightning also destroyed a transformer. Time estimated from radar.

An EF-1 tornado with a somewhat discontinuous damage path touched |down in Harding Township along Pleasantville Road. Numerous trees |were snapped and uprooted in this area bringing down several utility |poles and power lines. From there, the tornado crossed Village Road |and Dickens Mill Road then continued toward Douglas Road and Spencer |Place where it snapped and uprooted several more trees and crossed |Spring Valley Road. The tornado then crossed into Chatham Township |passing over a mostly uninhabited area. The tornado then passed into |Madison Borough along Prospect Place and Gibbons Place. In this |area, numerous hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted, |some falling onto homes, however no significant structural damage |occurred. The tornado then continued towards Drew University where |numerous hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted, some falling |onto and crushing several vehicles. The tornado's path became ill-|defined as it passed through the northern portion of downtown |Madison then re-intensified as it approached Greenwood Avenue. A |few trees were snapped and uprooted in this residential area a few|blocks northeast of downtown Madison. As the tornado continued |toward Sherwood Avenue, further intensification of damage was |noted. A few large hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted in |this area. One snapped tree fell and crushed the front porch of a |home and an uprooted tree fell onto another home. The tornado then|crossed NJ Route 24 into Florham Park Borough. A few trees were |snapped and uprooted along Woodbine Road, East Madison Avenue, |Pierson Lane, and Insley Road. The tornado finally dissipated near|the intersection of Insley Road and Pierson Lane.

A severe thunderstorm caused pockets of wind damage (downed trees) across central Morris County mainly from around Budd Lake east through Morristown. About 2,000 homes and businesses lost power in Morris County.