Power Outage in Jersey City, NJ

Tree on power line near 88th Street and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen. Time estimated by radar.

Power outage and tree down across the road near 43rd Street and Meadowview Avenue in North Bergen. Time estimated by radar.

In Kearny, Hudson County NJ, one person was injured and trapped in their car around 12pm LST from a tree falling on there car.||Maximum sustained winds of 42 mph were recorded at the Harrison Wx COOP station in Hudson County at 1155 am LST, and 39 mph at a mesonet stations at Secaucus at 1 pm LST. A peak wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at the WeatherFlow station in Bayonne at 1151 am LST, and nearby, the Honorable William Wall Mesonet, reported a maximum sustained wind of 49 mph and peak gusts of 78 mph at 1218 pm LST. ||These type of winds across the area resulted in numerous trees and tree limbs being downed, power outages, damages to homes and automobiles, and disruption to mass transit. ||There were no reports of coastal flooding as the highest storm surge did not coincide with high tide and was during a period of low astronomical tides.

A COOP observer reported 5.8 inches of snow. The public reported 6 inches of snow in Kearny. Impacts were widely felt across Hudson county with major disruption to the evening commute. Trees branches and limbs were downed due to the weight of the heavy wet snow. One tree brought down power lines in 7th street and Willow Avenue in Hoboken. Nearby Newark airport reported 1-2 inch per hour snowfall rates at times during the evening commute.

At 4 am, emergency management reported a tree down on power lines on Hamilton Street in the town of Harrison.

Trained spotters and the public reported 6 inches of snowfall. Strong winds in combination with heavy, wet snow also brought down tree limbs and a few power lines.

At around 4:30 am, parts of a roof were blown off and landed on two cars in Harrison. This was due to high winds. At nearby Newark International Airport, wind gusts of 59 mph and sustained winds of 45 mph were measured shortly after 4 am. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the area.

Widespread major coastal flooding occurred along New York Harbor, the Hudson River, Newark Bay, and Hackensack River that exceeded the FEMA 100 year base flood elevations in many spots.||Peak storm tides surpassed all previously documented high water marks, including the October 31, 1991 and December 11, 1992 nor'easters and the recorded peak surge from Hurricane Irene in 2011.||The record storm tide levels along the Hudson River waterfront were from a peak storm surge of about 8 to 10 feet that coincided with normal high tides. These storm tides resulted in up to 4 to 7 feet of inundation along the Hoboken Waterfront, with up to 3 to 5 feet of inundation along the Jersey City Waterfront. Widespread inundation of these cities extended 15 to 20 blocks west to the New Jersey Turnpike and New Jersey Transit lines.||In Jersey City, large sections of the city's downtown, including City Hall and the Jersey City Medical Center, were flooded and had to be evacuated. As high tide approached Monday Night, the Hudson River overflowed the wall at Exchange Place. Around the same time, Liberty Harbor spilled into the southern part of Marin Blvd. Both breaches caused water to rush down Columbus Drive and Marin Blvd. where they met near the Historic Downtown. From there, the flood spread throughout the low lying areas of Jersey City. At approximately 10:30 pm EST, the water reached maximum height. In Paulus Hook, there were only a few intersections spared. Those include the rectangle of intersections from Greene/Montgomery through Warren/Morris with the exception of Warren/Montgomery, which only flooded about a foot. ||The New Jersey Transit main rail yard in Kearney was flooded by several feet of water, resulting in damage to nine dual-powered locomotive engines and 84 multi-level rail cars.| |Significant inundation was also experienced across western portions of Hudson County along Newark Bay and the Hackensack River. Up to 2 to 4 feet of inundation was experienced in low lying areas here.

A wind gust up to 77 mph was reported near Bayonne around 805 pm. A wind gust up to 68 mph was reported in Harrison. An 86 year old female fell in her home. She was without power due to the high winds, and she died due to the fall.

Two utility poles fell down onto Hook Road between Route 440 and Avenue J, bringing down power lines. Also power lines were reported down on Cottage Street.

Power lines were reported down.

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.

Low pressure developed over the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic on Sunday, January 31, 2021. The low then consolidated along the Middle Atlantic coast early on Monday, February 1, 2021 and intensified as it slowly tracked to the north-northeast. The low meandered slowly north as it moved along the northeast and New England coast later on Monday February 1, 2021 through Wednesday, February 3, 2021. The low brought a major winter storm to northeast New Jersey, with the most significant impacts occurring on Monday, February 1, 2021. 3 to 6 inches of snow had already accumulated by the start of the morning commute. Near blizzard conditions then occurred through the rest of the morning into the early afternoon with snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour. Strong winds combined with these heavy snow rates to produce visibilities one quarter mile or less at times. The heavier bands of snow lifted north across the rest of northeast New Jersey in the afternoon and evening. Lighter snow bands then lingered intermittently through the early morning hours on February 3, 2021. Snowfall totals ranged 15 to 20 inches of snow with some locations receiving around two feet. Winds gusted 40 to 55 mph at times on Monday, February 1, 2021, which caused power outages. Travel was also severely impacted as many flights were cancelled and travel by train was suspended. COVID testing and vaccination sites were closed. Impacts were limited on February 2, 2021 and February 3, 2021 as the snow was largely light.

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center of Isaias passed about 65 miles west of New York City at 3 pm on August 4, 2020, with tropical storm force winds east of the center of circulation. The highest sustained wind speeds across northeastern New Jersey ranged from 35 to 50 mph, with gusts 60 to 70 mph, resulting in widespread wind damage and power outages. Rainfall amounts of 1/2 to 4 inches were observed across northeastern NJ, resulting in some localized flooding issues.||Two injuries resulted from high winds:|In Kearny, Hudson County NJ, one person was injured as a tree fell on there car on Schulyer Avenue||In Little Ferry, Bergen County, NJ one person and a dog were injured when struck by a falling tree||Preliminary damage cost estimates are:||Gov. Phil Murphy has sent the White House a request for just under $34.2 million in recovery funds for parts of the state hit hardest by the storm||The number of power outages state wide peaked around 1.4 million on August 4-5th, with many outages extending for days. In addition, multiple disruptions to mass transit and road closures due to downed power lines and trees were noted, with numerous water systems having to move to alternate power. Because of all the damage, the state had to open 13 debris management sites.||The state lost around xx percent of their tree population.

A wave of low pressure developed along the Middle Atlantic coast during Thursday November 15, 2018. The low was associated with a closed upper level trough across the Midwest. As the trough translated eastward into Friday November 16, 2018, the low pressure moved up the northeast coast. The antecedent air mass ahead of the low was cold and dry for the middle of November with temperatures during the morning and afternoon of November in the upper 20s and low 30s. The moisture associated with the trough and low pressure was able to produce moderate to heavy bands of snow as the precipitation began across the entire Tri-State area due to the cold air in place. Once the low drew warmer air from the south, the precipitation gradually changed to a wintry mix and then plain rain, especially for the New York City metro and Long Island. The moderate to heavy wet snowfall significantly impacted the evening rush hour with 1-2 inch per hour snowfall rates. Hundreds of trees, tree limbs, and branches were brought down by the weight of the snow, which caused many power outages. Numerous accidents were reported and many motorists were stranded on roads until the early morning hours the next day. There were over 1,000 flights cancelled at the New York City metro airports (Kennedy, La Guardia, and Newark).

The development of the blizzard/winter storm began along the southeast coast on Wednesday January 3, 2018. An amplifying upper level trough spawned the development of low pressure off the coast of Florida. The low pressure rapidly intensified on Wednesday night through Thursday January 4, 2018 as it moved north-northeast along the coast. The low passed just east of the 40��N 70��W benchmark Thursday afternoon. The central pressure when the storm developed was around 1004 millibars at 1 pm Wednesday. 24 hours later, the central pressure fell to around 950 mb, approximately a 54 millibar drop. The rapid intensification of the storm led to heavy snow, strong winds, and near-blizzard conditions across portions of Northeast New Jersey. ||Thousands of flights were cancelled at Newark Airport on January 4, 2018. Homes and businesses lost power and there were numerous accidents on area roadways.

Rapidly deepening low pressure tracked up the eastern seaboard on Tuesday March, 14 bringing blizzard conditions to Western Passaic county. Heavy snow and sleet along with strong winds occurred across the rest of Northeast New Jersey. ||The storm cancelled numerous flights at Newark airport with some mass transit services suspended. ||Large trees fell onto homes in Bergen county and approximately 4,500 power outages resulted from the strong winds and heavy snow.

High south winds preceding a strong cold front resulted in areas of damage and disruptions to power.

Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Northeast New Jersey. ||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica. Hurricane Sandy continued to the north and intensified to a strong category two hurricane before making landfall again in Cuba shortly after Midnight EDT on the 25th. Hurricane Sandy emerged on the other side of Cuba during the morning of the 25th and proceeded to drift northwest as a category one or two hurricane as it moved through the Bahamas on the 25th and 26th. Overnight on the 26th, Hurricane Sandy (Category 1) started to move toward the north northeast, a motion that continued into the evening of the 28th. From there, Sandy���s motion became driven by two factors. An anomalously strong blocking ridge over the Canadian Maritimes prevented Sandy from escaping to the east. Simultaneously, an approaching and deepening extratropical trough was about to capture Sandy. The combination of the two, turned Sandy to the north overnight on the 28th and then to the northwest on the 29th. ||As Sandy continued to move northwest and interact with the mid latitude trough, its interaction continued to make it less tropical, but did not weaken it much. Sandy continued to make a harder turn to the left (west) and made landfall in Atlantic County as a post tropical storm in Brigantine City just north of Atlantic City at 730 p.m. EDT on the 29th. The estimated minimum central pressure was 945 millibars. The lowest recorded central pressure was 945.6 millibars at the Atlantic City Marina at 734 p.m. EDT.||Record breaking high tides and wave action was combined with sustained winds of 40 to 60 mph and wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph.||These extreme conditions resulted in at least 12 deaths across Northeast NJ and widespread property damage. The New Jersey State Governor estimated property damage at 29.4 billion dollars for the State.||Emergency managers recommended mandatory evacuations of people living along the coasts and rivers of mainly Union, Essex, and Hudson Counties. Widespread significant power outages of more than 1 million lasted up to 2 weeks.

Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica. Hurricane Sandy continued to the north and intensified to a strong category two hurricane before making landfall again in Cuba shortly after Midnight EDT on the 25th. Hurricane Sandy emerged on the other side of Cuba during the morning of the 25th and proceeded to drift northwest as a category one or two hurricane as it moved through the Bahamas on the 25th and 26th. Overnight on the 26th, Hurricane Sandy (Category 1) started to move toward the north northeast, a motion that continued into the evening of the 28th. From there, Sandy���s motion became driven by two factors. An anomalously strong blocking ridge over the Canadian Maritimes prevented Sandy from escaping to the east. Simultaneously, an approaching and deepening extratropical trough was about to capture Sandy. The combination of the two, turned Sandy to the north overnight on the 28th and then to the northwest on the 29th.||As Sandy continued to move northwest and interact with the mid latitude trough, its interaction continued to make it less tropical, but did not weaken it much. Sandy continued to make a harder turn to the left (west) and made landfall in Atlantic County as a post tropical storm in Brigantine City just north of Atlantic City at 7:30 p.m. EDT on the 29th. The estimated minimum central pressure was 945 millibars. The lowest recorded central pressure was 945.6 millibars at the Atlantic City Marina at 7:34 p.m. EDT.||Record breaking high tides and wave action was combined with sustained winds of 40 to 60 mph and wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph.||These extreme conditions resulted in at least 12 deaths across Northeast NJ and widespread property damage. The New Jersey State Governor estimated property damage at 29.4 billion dollars for the State.||Emergency managers recommended mandatory evacuations of people living along the coasts and rivers of mainly Union, Essex, and Hudson Counties. Widespread significant power outages of more than 1 million lasted up to 2 weeks.

A historic and unprecedented early-season winter storm impacted the area on Saturday, October 29, with more than one foot of heavy wet snow falling on interior portions of northeast New Jersey. This is the first time a winter storm of this magnitude has ever occurred in October.||Late Friday night, October 28, an area of low pressure emerged from the South Carolina coastal plain into the western Atlantic Ocean. The low moved up the coast late Friday night into Saturday morning. The low began to rapidly strengthen late Saturday morning when it was east of the Delmarva coast, and continued to strengthen as it passed south of Long Island Saturday night. Areas just north and west of New York City were just cold enough to support a heavy wet snow. The heaviest snow fell across interior northeast New Jersey, with up to 18 inches of snowfall across higher elevations.||Thousands of people across northeast New Jersey lost power during this event as heavy snow accumulated on trees that still had partial to full foliage during mid-autumn. This caused extensive felling of trees and limbs across the region and damage to power lines.

As Hurricane Irene moved north along the Atlantic coast and interacted with land, it weakened and made its second landfall as a Tropical Storm near Little Egg Inlet along the southeast NJ Coast on August 28, 2011 around 5:35 am EDT. Tropical Storm Irene made its third landfall in New York City around 9:00 am.||Three deaths occurred:||A 40 year old male drowned while walking after his car became stranded in flood waters in Kearny (Hudson County).||A 39 year old male in Wanaque, Passaic County, NJ drowned while walking in the |woods when a sinkhole opened up and he was swept away into a nearby stream.||A 60 year old male in North Bergen, Hudson County, NJ died from a fall while cleaning out the gutters of his house.||Irene brought tropical storm force winds, destructive storm surge, and record breaking freshwater inland flooding across northeast NJ that resulted in 3 deaths, thousands of mandatory and voluntary evacuations along the coast and rivers from surge and freshwater flooding, and widespread power outages that lasted for up to 2 weeks in areas that were subsequently impacted by the remnant moisture from Tropical Storm Lee in September.

A rapidly intensifying low pressure system tracked from off the Southeast US coast on Christmas Day and then past the Mid Atlantic Coast on Sunday December 26th to just east of Long Island by early Monday morning December 27th. This intense low pressure system spread snowfall into the region Sunday morning, with bands of heavy snow plus embedded thunderstorms and very strong winds affecting the region Sunday afternoon through Sunday night. The powerful blizzard (defined when sustained winds or frequent gusts greater than or equal to 35 mph accompanied by falling and/or blowing snow, frequently reducing visibility to less than 1/4 mile for three hours or more) brought a widespread area of 20 to 30 inches of snow across Northeast New Jersey. The heavy snow was accompanied by area wide winds of 25 to 40 mph and gusts in excess of 60 mph Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, resulting in near whiteout conditions with blowing and drifting snow and making all forms of travel extremely difficult to nearly impossible. As a result, Acting Governor Stephen Sweeney declared a state of emergency during the height of the storm around 8 pm on December 26th. In fact, all three major New York/New Jersey Airports were closed during and for a period after the storm as well as New Jersey Transit bus lines, and several lines of PATH train service were suspended Sunday night into Monday morning due to high snow drifts. In addition, 8000 customers lost power during the height of the storm.

A strong south pressure gradient between a strong offshore high pressure system and an approaching cold front caused south winds to gust from 45 to 55 mph. Strong winds downed trees and power lines across parts of Northeast New Jersey.

Torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ivan caused flash flooding in Northeast New Jersey. Storm total rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to locally 5 inches. In addition to the heavy rains, gusty winds up to 45 mph in embedded thunderstorms knocked down a tree along with power lines in Ramsey at 8:38 am.