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VIDEO: Snow Wallops East Windsor; Traffic Jams, Up To 7.3 Inches Of Snow

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A nor'easter walloped East Windsor early Thursday as cars hit gridlock on area roads, local schools were closed and over 7 inches fell on Ewing.

Downed wires were reported in Central Jersey as salt was spread on the New Jersey Turnpike and Routes 1 and 18. There were only a small amount of power outages reported by mid-day.

Road crews were plowing and salting and a speed restriction on the New Jersey Turnpike was in place in both directions from the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Pennsville Township to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, at 35 miles per hour.

Motorists should anticipate delays and use caution due to current roadway conditions.

Here are the snow totals for Mercer and Middlesex counties:

MERCER COUNTY...
EWING 7.3 1106 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
HOPEWELL 7.0 1028 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
MERCERVILLE 6.3 1027 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
TRENTON 5.0 821 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
LAWRENCEVILLE 4.7 700 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
EWING TWP 4.5 824 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
WEST TRENTON 4.0 1029 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
HOPEWELL TWP 4.0 700 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
HAMILTON TWP 0.3 100 AM 2/13 SOCIAL MEDIA

MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
OLD BRIDGE TWP 7.8 1047 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
EAST BRUNSWICK 7.0 911 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
MORRISTOWN 5.2 850 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
KINGSTON 4.0 700 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
OLD BRIDGE 2.0 512 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER
MONROE TWP 2.0 532 AM 2/13 SOCIAL MEDIA
ISELIN 0.2 1242 AM 2/13 TRAINED SPOTTER

People are also reminded to curtail driving and to also have their vehicles removed from the streets. All on-street parking is prohibited at this time and vehicles parked on public roadways are subject to being towed. 

This storm is going to continue through the day and well into tonight. We have crews working round the clock to try to keep up with the storm. Because of the amount of snow and the constantly changing weather mixing with the snow is sleet, freezing rain and rain it slows the efforts down. 

As of this time we have no reported power outages. However, if you experience an outage at your residence you are asked to contact PSE&G directly at 1-800-436-PSEG (7734).


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