Update at 8 a.m. — Thousands of Arlington residents are waking up to no electricity this morning. The number of outages in Arlington is only down to around 4,900. Marymount University is still without power and portions of the Rosslyn/Courthouse area, including traffic signals at some busy intersection, are dark.
(Updated at 12:15 a.m.) More than 6,500 Dominion customers are without power in Arlington tonight after a squall line packing 60+ mile per hour wind gusts swept through the region.
Numerous trees, power lines and utility poles are said to be down across parts of Arlington, primarily in north Arlington. Several transformer fires have also been reported.
In some cases, trees are leaning against live lines and catching on fire. In other cases, power lines and poles are down across roadways, blocking lanes. Glebe Road, Military Road and Williamsburg Blvd are among the roads reported to blocked.
On Williamsburg Blvd, a fire department vehicle was damaged, possibly by falling branches or debris.
A large portion of Arlington north of Lee Highway — from Cherrydale up to McLean, including the Marymount University campus — is in the dark, according to a Dominion outage map.
There are also portions of Shirlington, Fairlington and other areas of south Arlington without power, according to the map.
In all, more than 34,000 Dominion customers throughout Northern Virginia are without power, including more than 7,000 in Alexandria. High winds are expected to continue throughout the day on Monday.
@ARLnowDOTcom Electrical fire on south Quinn and Columbia pike along with a big tree in the middle of the street pic.twitter.com/MRFFO46iC2
— ᴊᴀsᴍɪɴᴇ (@Parks_Jasmine) February 13, 2017
Dominion power estimates 2am-4am for power restoration. Phones and Internet remain operational. Updates will follow.
— Marymount University (@marymountu) February 13, 2017
Power outage on campus. Internal phones remain operational. Updates will follow.
— Marymount University (@marymountu) February 13, 2017
Caution on roads #GarbageCans and rubbish on the streets. @ARLnowDOTcom
— Russell Imrie (@tweedyBard) February 13, 2017
1121pm: 66 mph wind gust at Reagan Airport!
— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) February 13, 2017
1115pm: NUMEROUS reports of power flashes, tress down and 60+ mph wind gusts. DC/Baltimore metro STAY INSIDE! winds stay up overnight!
— NWS DC/Baltimore (@NWS_BaltWash) February 13, 2017
⚠️ Take Cover! Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Washington DC and Arlington VA until 11:45 PM EST pic.twitter.com/o82JkHvxyN
— NWS Severe Tstorm (@NWSSevereTstorm) February 13, 2017
Wow this is impressive. This squall line stretches all the way to Philly! pic.twitter.com/oPZ7Dwr4eA
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) February 13, 2017
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