Thursday, July 9, 2015

REPORTS: Severe Storms Blast Northeast US With Flooding Downpours, Damaging Winds

By Kevin Byrne, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
July 9,2015; 11:00PM,EDT
 
 
As of 10:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, this blog is no longer live. Archived reports of the storms' impacts can be found below.
Strong storms produced damaging winds, downpours and possibly isolated tornadoes in portions of the Northeast on Thursday.
An elementary school in Berks County, Pennsylvania, was heavily damaged as the result of one storm that moved through the region early Thursday evening.
Thousands of people were without power as a result of the storms that plowed into the mid-Atlantic states Thursday afternoon and evening.
Before trekking off the East Coast, storms created lengthy flight delays at Philadelphia and New York area airports.

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UPDATES: (All times are listed in EDT)
10:15 p.m. EDT Thursday: More than 16,000 Pennsylvania customers are without lights as result of storms, utilities report.
9:34 p.m. EDT Thursday: Street flooding reported in Holmes, Pennsylvania, earlier this evening.
Heather Coughlin @keepingheather
.@CecilyTynan flooding in Holmes, Pa! Rain just stopped
9:20 p.m. EDT Thursday: Weather delays of at least one hour in effect for departure traffic heading to Newark International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, La Guardia Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, the FAA reports.
8:19 p.m. EDT Thursday: Storm damage to Blue Mountain Elementary School in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania.
The Reading Eagle @ReadingEagle
Thursday's thunderstorm caused Blue Mountain Elementary School in Tilden Township to collapse. (Photo by Ben Hasty)
7:56 p.m. EDT Thursday: More than 6,500 PPL Electric customers without power in 10 Pennsylvania counties, the utility reports.
7:30 p.m. EDT Thursday: Strong thunderstorms moved through Reading, Pennsylvania, tonight.
(Photo/Twitter user @easternPAWx)
(Photo/Twitter user @easternPAWx)
6:48 p.m. EDT Thursday: A line of strong thunderstorms is heading towards Philadelphia.

5:46 p.m. EDT Thursday: More than 4,000 West Penn Power customers without power, the utility reports.
5:09 p.m. EDT Thursday: Dark skies overhead in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Molly Cochran @AccuCochran
Storms pushing through Washington, PA
4:43 p.m. EDT Thursday: A strong thunderstorm with damaging winds is heading towards Harrisburg, Gettysburg and York, Pennsylvania.

4:21 p.m. EDT Thursday: Strong storms moving towards State College, Pennsylvania.

Jordan Root @RootWx
It's getting dark outside. Storm approaching Happy Valley.
4:17 p.m. EDT Thursday: Storm clouds rolled through Butler County, Pennsylvania.

Laura Kosht @herslaura
@breakingweather 7/9/15 Observing severe in northern Butler Co, PA.
4:07 p.m. EDT Thursday: Work crews removed a downed tree on Route 322 outside of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
(Photo/Katy Galimberti)
1:45 p.m. EDT Thursday: Thunderstorms are causing flight delays up 80 minutes at Newark International, John F. Kennedy International, La Guardia and Philadelphia International airports, the FAA reports.
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