The National Weather Service will survey damage in three or four New Jersey municipalities today to determine if tornadoes were part of powerful thunderstorms that moved across the state.
Tornadoes may have touched down in the Lakehurst, Ocean County; Barnegat and Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island; also in Ocean County; as well as locations in Mercer and Burlington counties.
The NWS says the plan of where to survey is still being finalized.
Reports of possible tornadoes in the Garden State Thursday included one near Barnegat, south of Toms River, just after 9 p.m.
It happened during a fast-moving line of storms that sparked tornado warnings and flooding across parts of New Jersey and confirmed tornadoes in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Early images showed a path of destruction at a car dealership in Trevose, Pennsylvania.
Cars were seen flipped in parking lots and a roofing structure was torn off the property.
Police said five people were injured in the storms, but their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
Reports of storm damage and flooding across New Jersey came in as the storms moved out.
A viewer sent video of the flooding in Nutley, New Jersey, after the storms moved through.
There, the rain was so heavy and fast that trash cans floated down streets.
“I mean look at the size of it, and the resistance with the wind, you know, it just blew right over and you think it’s a good healthy tree, but you don’t know when these trees are gonna go down,” Paul Fess said.
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