With intense weather conditions expected across New Jersey Monday night, JCP&L is preparing to tackle potential outages.

Damaging wind gusts and tornadoes are possible throughout the afternoon and evening, with a tornado watch issued for parts of the state.

READ MORE: TORNADO WATCH: Conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms across New Jersey through 7 p.m.

The power company has extra staff on standby, and crews are ready to work 16-hour rotations, said Chris Hoenig, a JCP&L spokesperson. Downed trees are the most common cause of outages, according to Hoenig.

Bucket trucks are grounded if wind gusts exceed 40 miles per hour, per OSHA regulations, but will resume operation as soon as winds die down.

A pole and wire came down in the Tinton Falls area early Monday, leaving thousands of JCP&L customers in Monmouth County without power; Hoenig said that has since been isolated to a few dozen customers.