Power Outage in Franklin Park, NJ

Tornado. An EF-1 tornado began in northern Somerset County near Bernardsville along the NJ Transit Line just to the southwest of the intersection of Minebrook Rd and Old Quarry Rd. There it dropped numerous trees onto the NJ Transit Line and snapped the trunk|of around ten trees. As it moved to the northeast, the storm uprooted two maple trees along Mine Brook behind the Rose Bowl Baseball field that were on a slight embankment. The storm continued to move towards the northeast into Bernardsville|where it produced tree damage along Laurel Lane and snapped the trunk of a tree that appeared not to be fully healthy. The tornado then started to move more towards the north following Mine Brook through Bernardsville producing damage from Timber|Rock Trail to Anderson Hill Rd where it snapped the trunk of a pine tree that ended up falling on a vehicle. The peak width of the tornado was over this area where the damage path was approximately Four hundred seventy five yards between the damage from Timber Rock Trail to Anderson Hill Rd. Additional damage was found along the path of Anderson Hill Rd moving to the north towards the intersection of Seney Dr and Anderson Hill Rd where numerous trees were brought down with at least two ending up on power lines. At the intersection of Anderson Hill Rd and Rolling Hill Rd, another|large tree had its trunk snapped. However, the interior of the tree was determined not to be healthy, so the expected winds based on the DoD were reduced significantly. As the storm was starting to occlude and weaken, it took down several more trees along|Old Fort Road including uprooting multiple trees with wide, but shallow root systems. The tornado then dissipated as the storm moved further to the northeast. The EF-1 rating is primarily based on the number of trees with snapped trunks with the highest|concentration in a single location being along the NJ transit line. This is where the damage indicator of hardwood trees with degree of damage of trunks snapped produced an expected wind speed of one hundred five mph.

June 26, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Starting near Fowler Road and Highway 206, there was a path of |tree and wire damage up to a few hundred yards wide. Along |Sheephill Drive in Peapack-Gladstone, several large pine trees |were snapped. The tree trunks were fallen in a uniform direction |indicating a narrow path of enhanced wind speeds. Along this same |path, damage was noted at various locations in Bernardsville. |A wooden power pole was snapped, as well as several trees uprooted |and at least one other tree snapped. Path of the worst damage was |narrow, but there was widespread other tree damage across this |area.

March 07, 2022

Ice Storm. Freezing rain fell. A trained spotter in Basking Ridge reported 0.25 inches of radial ice accretion. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the county due to downed trees and wires caused by ice, affecting up to a couple thousand customers.

February 25, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Multiple large tree limbs were downed with power outages in the area. Time estimated from radar.

February 18, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Tree limbs and wires were downed near Bunker Hill Rd. Time estimated from radar and power outage report.

September 23, 2021

Power outage in the Pettit Avenue area due to a damaged utility pole and wires (visit link for more information) https://t.co/7gmBdAQhCu

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