Torrential rain and strong winds topping 40 miles per hour whipped through a New Jersey town in Warren County Tuesday, leaving knocked-down trees and wires and other scenes of damage in their wake,
"This was, with the short amount of time, almost a little stronger than when Sandy came through here," said Hackettstown Police Sgt. Darren Tynan.
Tynan is overseeing the cleanup of more than a dozen trees that fell on lawns, including one that totaled a car.
"It was raining very hard, you could hear the wind and the rumbling," said one neighbor.
Storm Team 4 says a severe thunderstorm or possibly a rotating supercell thunderstorm ripped through the town.
A downed transformer left wires dangling dangerously above homes and lying on East Baldwin Street. Oil leaking from the transformer into some storm drains caused some environmental concerns, and haz-mat crews worked to contain the fluid.
The storm also left more than 2,700 homes without power on the warm June night.
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"It's horrible, I'm out in my car trying to charge my phone up," said another resident.
Storm Team 4 says unsettled conditions will continue into Wednesday as the frontal system remains in the area.
