![]() Houses, sidewalks and streets radiate more heat into the atmosphere than forests and green spaces, and "that can enhance thunderstorms and lead to more intense thunderstorms and more intense convection," DiMartino said. Tornadoes in New Jersey "used to be very unusual, but over the past five years… have become more and more frequent," he said. Meteorologist Steven DiMartino, owner of the forecasting service NY NJ PA Weather, said New Jersey's housing density and highway networks might be contributing to increasingly frequent storms, like the one seen Saturday night. "It's all the ingredients for quite a severe thunderstorm," Johnson said. Watch Video: Witness describes possible tornado in Ocean County: Video "But I've got to look for the positives: We have no known injuries and no deaths." "There's a lot of damage to streets and personal property - sheds completely ripped off and thrown in the middle of the roadways, trees twisted around wires," Reina said. Mayor Michael Reina said power is expected to be restored by Monday evening. Over 13,000 were still without power in Monmouth and Ocean counties as of Sunday afternoon, according to Jersey Central Power & Light. On Sunday morning, the multimedia gradually shifted to showing the damage - houses with blown-out roofs, uprooted trees and toppled power lines. Social media was abuzz on Saturday night with video from the storm, with cyclone-like clouds, booming thundercracks and whipping winds. ![]() "You know when you're on a roller coaster, and you feel all that wind hitting you in the face," Guerrero said. That sent them scurrying to the basement, where they heard the tree crush a pair of cars in the driveway - barely missing the house. As they looked outside, the generator on a nearby telephone pole exploded. View Gallery: Storm damage in Jackson and Howell from Saturday nightĪ few minutes later, the rain started. Those conditions are "why there are gaps in the tornado touchdowns." "We did have this line of thunderstorms come through, and sometimes when conditions are… right, you could get a brief spin up in a line of thunderstorms, which is likely what happened here," said National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Hoeflich. It its public information statement, the Weather Service said the Howell tornado was considered separate from the tornado that touched down in Jackson because of a "gap in the damage path between the two areas." Another tornado was confirmed in Cinnaminson, as well as one in Bridgeville, Delaware. Winds hovered around 60 mph on Saturday night in western Monmouth and northern Ocean County, according to the Weather Service's local storm report released late last night. JACKSON - Tornadoes touched down in Jackson, Howell and Sea Girt on Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service, leaving a path of destruction that ripped the roofs off houses, crushed cars and sheds and left trees and telephone poles blocking major roads. Watch Video: Weather Service confirms tornado touched down in Jackson township
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