A burst water pipe at McCaffrey’s Princeton store caused the facility to close Monday afternoon as customers stocked up in preparation for the snowstorm that was expected later that night.

A crew of some 20 people worked through the night to make sure that the store opened for business as usual on Tuesday morning. Store manager Steve Carney, told Town Topics that owner Jim McCaffrey, who had arrived at around 4:30 p.m. that day, remained at the store overnight until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. By that time, customers would not have known that there had been such activity overnight, said Mr. Carney.

The overnight crew worked to repair and clean up the store after a pipe burst in the ceiling over the customer service office, causing extensive damage to computers and, to some extent, in the floral section nearby.

No food products were affected, however, said Mr. Carney, who also worked late into the night with other members of McCaffrey’s staff.

Since the incident began with a small leak, the store had some warning and a crew was already on its way when the pipe burst and came apart from the sprinkler system, said Mr. Carney. By morning, all signs of damage to walls and flooring had been addressed. “It was big, but it could have been a lot worse,” said Mr. Carney.