Tornado warning canceled in New Jersey
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Wednesday brings more late-day storms to our unsettled week. And with those storms, we are once again keeping an eye on our chances for severe weather, including damaging wind, hail, and flooding. A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Atlantic and Ocean counties in New Jersey until 11:30 p.
The intense thunderstorm may have looked and sounded like a tornado, but that's not what happened, according to forecasters who examined the damage.
A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 16 miles west of Toms River, moving east at 20 mph. Radar indicates rotation.
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ABC7 New York on MSNCrews cleaning up after powerful storms bring down trees, knock out power in New JerseyHEWITT, New Jersey (WABC) -- Crews were cleaning up in New Jersey after powerful storms, equipped with heavy rain and lightning, brought down trees and knocked out power to thousands of customers on Tuesday.
"We have a frontal system that will make its approach tomorrow with also remnants of what is right now Tropical Storm Chantal. The moisture from that system will progressively make its way up there," Wunsch said.
Three people were killed when severe thunderstorms swept through Plainfield, N.J. on Thursday night, officials say.
A fast-moving and violent thunderstorm killed three people and left a path of destruction in central New Jersey.
At least three people were killed by felled trees overnight Thursday as violent storms ripped through central New Jersey. A pair of men, ages 25 and 79, were driving through Plainfield when a tree crushed their vehicle, taking numerous power lines down with it sometime between 6 and 7 p.m., officials said.