NJ weather: Jersey Shore coastal flood warning in effect until Sunday afternoon

As the Jersey Shore cleans up after Friday's powerful nor'easter, Monmouth and Ocean counties remain under a coastal flood warning until 3 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly.

There were reports Saturday of flooding along some areas of Monmouth County's Bayshore region, at Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, on Route 35 in Belmar and on Ocean County's Long Beach Island.

"Due to flooding on Long Beach Boulevard, please utilize Ocean Boulevard and Beach Avenue," the Long Beach Township Police Department said in an email alert on Saturday morning.

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Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty confirmed that a portion of Route 35 and L Street was flooded and said that intersection does so a few times each year in such hazardous weather conditions.

Doherty said Route 35, a state highway, will probably need to be raised at some point in the future to correct the issue.

"We have flooding, during extreme high tides or storms in the Atlantic (Ocean) on Route 35 by L Street that needs to be addressed by the state," Doherty said. "We have already been in contact with the New Jersey Department of Transportation to come up with a solution."

Nevertheless, the flooding across the region was not as bad as forecasters had feared in the days and hours leading up to the storm.

Heavy wind was still an issue Saturday, with wind gusts of about 20 miles per hour reported in both counties.

On Friday night, a number of trees or branches fell throughout Ocean County, falling over roadways and breaking electrical lines that caused power disruptions, said Ocean County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy.

Erik Larsen: 732-682-9359 or elarsen@gannettnj.com