here's the article from nj.com i put it in the extended entry section.

this is us.....and eyewitness news just pulled away from our house so we will be on tv later. (also ch 3, 6, 8 and 10) we are very popular!

this was my favorite part i think

On Princeton Pike, dozens of trees were knocked down and power and gas service was out in businesses and homes. Damage could be seen for approximately two miles along Route 1.

High winds, rains sock N.J., downing trees and knocking out power

By TOM BELL
The Associated Press
9/23/2003, 1:18 p.m. ET

LAWRENCE, N.J. (AP) — A storm front that swept across the state Tuesday morning with heavy rains and high winds downed numerous trees, damaged homes and knocked out power in parts of central and southern New Jersey. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

The National Weather Service said officials in Hunterdon and Mercer counties spotted tornadoes. The weather service was planning to look into whether a section along the Delaware River in Gloucester County also had a tornado.

At midday, Jersey Central Power & Light had about 3,000 customers without power in Hunterdon County, mainly in Flemington, Ringoes and Delaware Township, said spokesman Ron Morano.

Conectiv, the electric utility that serves portions of southern New Jersey, had fewer than 2,000 customers without power Tuesday morning, said spokeswoman Betty Kennedy.

"We just got all of our customers back from (Hurricane) Isabel yesterday," Kennedy said.

Public Service Electric & Gas Company spokeswoman Sandra Cruz said 41,000 customers in Camden, Burlington and Mercer counties had their power interrupted, but about 7,000 had been restored by 11 a.m.

In central New Jersey, about 7,600 customers were still without power, mostly in East Brunswick, South Brunswick and Edison, Cruz said. Only 1,000 customers were without power in northern New Jersey, mainly in Bergen and Essex counties.

Trees were down and some roads blocked in Ewing and neighboring Lawrence Township. In Ewing, downed wires were a problem, with some falling on cars, trapping occupants. There was no immediate word of injuries.

In Lawrence, crews were dealing with at least 100 downed power lines and trees falling onto cars and houses — but no injuries, said Police Lt. Mark Boyd.

On Princeton Pike, dozens of trees were knocked down and power and gas service was out in businesses and homes. Damage could be seen for approximately two miles along Route 1.

Tom Ryan said he was driving to work when a huge wind swept in and bent the trees over.

"It scared the living bejeezus out of me," Ryan said.

His daughter, Alessia Leutz, was in the Ryan home on Princeton Pike and said she watched a wall of gray coming down the street.

"All the trees were just going, it sounded horrible," Leutz said. "It was insane, I was so freaked out."

Sally Zajac, who lives next door to the Ryan's, said everything got pitch black for a few minutes. In a wooded area behind her home, trees fell over on her two tool sheds.

"Look at my back yard," Zajac said. "I am sick."

Strong winds tore the roof off at least one home in National Park, Gloucester County, and wind damage was also reported in Hunterdon County in central New Jersey.

Bryan E. Burke, Warren County director of public safety, said they had no high wind but did have rain. "Lots of it. In fact, quite a few local streets in Hackettstown were flooded, and cars broke down," Burke said.

A barn about the size of a two-car garage blew off its foundation and onto Route 579 in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County. No one was injured, said Frank Fuzo, a spokesman for Hunterdon County Office of Emergency Management.

"There were several other small barns that were demolished, and we had a roof torn off a house," Fuzo said.

The storm front moved in swiftly from the west shortly after 8 a.m., gradually losing strength as it crossed the state. It had moved off the coast by about 11.

Many areas of the already saturated state were at risk of flooding, said the National Weather Service, sand flood warnings were issued for several central New Jersey counties.

Parts of the northwestern New Jersey had as much as 3 inches of rain between daybreak and 9 a.m., said National Weather Service meteorologist Dean Iovino. Iovino said many parts of the state had had more than an inch of precipitation in the storm.

Iovino said the rains were likely to end by noon and give way to sunny afternoon skies.