As the major winter storm strengthened off the New Jersey Coast during the morning of February 12th, the winds increased across a good portion of the area. Some peak wind gusts from around the state include, 70 mph at Ocean City (Cape May County), 68 mph at Barnegat Light (Ocean County), 53 mph at Point Pleasant (Ocean County), 50 mph at the Atlantic City Marina (Atlantic County), 45 mph both at the Cape May Ferry Terminal (Cape May County) and the Atlantic City International Airport (Atlantic County), a 44 mph wind gust at the Allaire Airport near Belmar (Monmouth County), and a 37 mph gust at the Trenton-Mercer County Airport. These winds, coupled with falling snow created near whiteout conditions in many places during the height of the storm, and also downed some trees and power lines across parts of the state. In Atlantic County in Brigantine, a radio antenna on City Hall was bent my the strong winds. The police department in Hammonton reported many trees and power lines downed. A tree was downed, due to a combination of heavy snow and wind, which blocked the travel lanes of Route 9 in the Smithville section of Galloway Township on the 12th. Additional trees as well as power lines were downed across Atlantic County.Meanwhile in Ocean County on Long Beach Island, a house under construction fell off its pilings on the 12th (due to strong winds and higher tides), causing damage to a neighbor's fence. The combination of wind and heavy snow caused damage to poles and wires on Cheney Road in Mannington Township (Salem County), and a tree was downed on Route 45, also in Mannington Township. Strong winds downed power lines and a tree in West Cape May (Cape May County) during the early morning of the 12th. A transformer in the Manasquan area (Monmouth County) exploded during the morning of the 12th, cutting power service to some 500 customers. The damage to the transformer was believed to be caused by mainly gusty winds. Several tree limbs were downed, which fell on a pickup truck on Landis Avenue in Vineland (Cumberland County) at around 4 a.m. EST Sunday, causing about $1,000 damage to the truck. Strong winds downed tree limbs and power lines late on the 11th and continued through the early morning hours of the 12th across Cape May County. The combination of gusty winds and heavy snow downed tree limbs and wires across Gloucester County as well. Strong winds downed a couple of trees during the early morning of the 12th in Port Norris (Cumberland County).  About 120,000 Atlantic City Electric customers lost service during the height of the storm. A total of 5,000 customers lost power in Gloucester County during the height of the storm. The total of affected customers impacted by outages, across a larger area of the state, reached 15,000 during the height of the storm throughout Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex, Mercer and Burlington Counties.

High Wind in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 11-FEB-06 23:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 61 MG
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

High Wind in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 59 MG
Property damage: 250K
Reported by: COASTAL OBSERVING STATION

Strong Wind in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 43 MG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 45 EG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 42 EG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 11-FEB-06 23:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 45 MG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong Wind in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 12-FEB-06 01:00:00 to 12-FEB-06 10:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 45 EG
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC