Thunderstorms and heavy rain knocked out power to 12,000 households statewide during the afternoon of July 31.
As of 4:30 p.m., PSE&G's outage map was reporting 6,719 customers. The hardest hit counties were:
Essex County: 1,629 (Bloomfield - 832)
Middlesex County: 2,070 (Woodbridge - 1,731)
Bergen County: 1,223 (Wallington - 745)
JCP&L was reporting 5,373 people without power with Morris County by far the most with 2,222 customers with no power as of 4:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Orange & Rockland had no outages in New Jersey.
Earlier in the day, Acting Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm hitting the region.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the state until 8 p.m., and a flood watch for all of New Jersey and the surrounding region for July 31 to Aug. 1.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ thunderstorms, heavy rain force power outages
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