Arlington still is not fully recovered from yesterday’s severe thunderstorm, which packed winds near 70 miles an hour and left a trail of destruction in its wake.
N. Glebe Road remains closed between Route 50 and N. Quincy Street in Ballston, as crews continue to work to clear fallen trees, replace splintered utility poles and re-string power lines. It’s a similar story on N. Barton Street between 10th and 12th streets, in the Clarendon area, which is still closed nearly 18 hours after the storm despite.
In Arlington County, as of 9:15 a.m., about 6,400 Dominion customers were still without power — down from an outage peak of about 36,000 customers. The largest remaining outages are in and around the Rosslyn-Ballston and Lee Highway corridors.
Police say the county’s 911 call center received a total of 48 calls for trees down and 39 calls for wires down after the storm. The call center received 130 calls in the first half hour after the storm alone, according to the fire department.
Police and firefighters — as well as Dept. of Environmental Services, Dominion and other utility crews — all worked overnight to restore power and services, mark off and clear downed trees and wires, and direct traffic around closures and non-functioning traffic signals.
More via social media:
https://twitter.com/ArlingtonVaPD/status/1131895351693271042
The results are in, here are the call totals generated by today's severe storms:
Over 130 calls were received within 30 minutes! ⛈️⛈️
It was a huge team effort by @ReadyArlington 911 dispatchers, @ArlingtonVaFD and @ArlingtonVaPD to keep everyone safe. #teamwork #weather #WX pic.twitter.com/Z1GVJHyhJK— Arlington Fire (@ArlingtonVaFD) May 24, 2019
Update 9:10am: Traffic signals at Washington Boulevard and Kirkwood are back online as are most major intersections. Wilson Boulevard at North Larrimore lights are on flash. Know what to do. #Vatraffic https://t.co/C8sgtLQEL3 pic.twitter.com/RQh4zhpoSj
— Arlington Department of Environmental Services (@ArlingtonDES) May 24, 2019
ICYMI: The view from above from yesterday's storm. This camera is currently offline in the aftermath. https://t.co/hWD9sjJDYC pic.twitter.com/YvozqaCRme
— Arlington Department of Environmental Services (@ArlingtonDES) May 24, 2019
Due to yesterday's storm, some phones at the Department of Human Services are down: Emergency Services crisis line (703-228-5160); Child Protective Services hotline (703-228-1500); alternative Adult Protective Services hotline (571-481-7755). Will update when they're operating.
— ArlingtonVA (@ArlingtonVA) May 24, 2019
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