Damaging west winds followed along and a couple of hours after a strong cold frontal passage across Morris County. Farther south the same cold front produced a line of showers and thunderstorms that produced damaging winds in the central part of the state. Elsewhere across New Jersey strong wind gusts also accompanied the cold front and persisted through the afternoon throughout the state. Peak wind gusts averaged between 45 mph and 55 mph. Morris County was hit the hardest as 11,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county. In Morristown, there were 15 weather related calls and at least six large trees were knocked down. Two vehicles in a garage were damaged by one of the downed trees. Within the town, three sections of a 20 foot by 20 foot asphalt roof came loose from the top of an office building and fell onto and damaged several cars. Another garage was also damaged by downed trees. Firefighters had to rescue a couple of people that were trapped in elevators when power was lost. In Boonton Township, portions of a building roof on Main Street was blown away and blanked the street with debris. In Parsippany, fallen trees fell through the roof of one home and blocked the entrance to the Central Middle School. In Randolph Township, power outages cancelled after school activities. Most of the power was restored that evening with the greatest concentration of longest outages in the town of Dover. In the Philadelphia adjacent New Jersey suburbs, about 3,000 homes and businesses lost power. All power was restored by 6 p.m. EST.  That was part of the 18,800 Public Service Electirc and Gas customers that lost power throughout the state. All power was restored in the state by the morning of the 18th. Peak wind gusts outside of the thunderstorms included 53 mph in Lakehurst (Ocean County), 49 mph in Belmar (Monmouth County) and at the Atlantic City International Airport, 48 mph in Millville (Cumberland County), 41 mph in Lumberton (Burlington County) and 40 mph in Trenton (Mercer County) and Somerville (Somerset County). The strong to high winds were caused by the pressure difference between an intensifying low pressure system that went northeast through the Saint Lawrence River Valley and a strong high pressure system that was building east from the Northern Plains.

Strong Wind in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 43 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 43 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 43 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 11:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 11:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 10:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 10:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 43 MG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 43 MG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 46 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 11:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 13:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 56 EG
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 11:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 40 EG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Strong Wind in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 17-FEB-06 12:00:00 to 17-FEB-06 17:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 42 MG
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER