By DONALD WITTKOWSKI
It was a snowstorm that seemed to largely forget about Sea Isle City.
While some of the northern and central parts of New Jersey got blanketed with heavy snow Monday night into Tuesday morning, the shore had only a few random flakes along with brief spurts of sleet.
Just off the island, though, some snow fell along the Garden State Parkway in Cape May County and at the Ocean View service plaza a few miles outside of Sea Isle.
Drenching rain at times, gusty winds hitting 45 mph and some flooding along Landis Avenue north of 36th Street and on other low-lying roads were the main problems from the storm in Sea Isle.
Police Chief Anthony Garreffi said there were no reports of accidents or storm damage Tuesday morning.
“Not here, not in Sea Isle,” he said.
Shifting winds that changed direction from the northeast to the northwest helped to keep the flooding from getting worse.
“The winds came from the northwest. Northeast to east-northeast winds mainly cause the flooding,” said Neil Byrne, the city’s construction official and floodplain manager.
In advance of the storm, the city’s Office of Emergency Management issued a weather alert warning the public about the possibility of minor to moderate flooding during Tuesday morning’s high tide.
Mike Jargowsky, the city’s emergency management coordinator, said flooding “just touched moderate levels” during the morning high tide and wasn’t too bad.
