Power Outage in Lakewood, NJ

Trees were downed onto power lines. Time estimated from radar.

A broad area of low pressure extending from the Ohio Valley to the Piedmont of South Carolina consolidated off the Virginia Capes during the early morning of March 7th. This new, primary low moved Northeast and gradually deepened as it moved East of the Delaware and New Jersey Coasts on March 7th.||Precipitation gradually overspread the region during the overnight hours of March 6th to the 7th. To the East of the NJ Turnpike/Interstate 95, precipitation began as rain or a mix of rain and snow. Further West, precipitation fell mainly as snow. During the daylight hours of the 7th, precipitation to the East of the NJ Turnpike/Interstate 95 turned over to snow, as colder air worked in from the North and West.||The snow fell heavy at times West of the New Jersey Coast. Snowfall amounts near the Turnpike generally ranged from 6 to 12 inches, with a sharp decrease to the Southeast. Further Northwest, 12 to 24 inches was observed across large parts of Somerset, Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex Counties.||The snow contained large amounts of liquid, making it heavy and wet. This resulted in trees, limbs, and wires down, leading to numerous power outages across portions of New Jersey.||There were numerous reports of lightning associated with the precipitation in New Jersey, mainly to the Southeast of the Turnpike. This included thunderstorms with heavy rainfall closer to the coast, and thunder with heavy snowfall further inland. In Ocean County New Jersey, a lightning strike lead to a structure fire in Lakewood.

A severe thunderstorm caused tree and roof damage in Lakewood Township. Around sixty people were evacauated from the Peter Ward Tower on Woehr Street after a large part of the apartment building's roof was blown away. A shelter was opened at the Lakewood High School. The residents were permitted to return on August 1st. The Atlantic Coast Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home was evacuated after they lost power.