The Monday night thunderstorm that blew through Lower Bucks County brought intense winds, downed trees and powerlines and colored the sky while area transformers sparked a beat of their own.
According to a PECO outage map at the storms peak there were about 5500 customers without power expected to be restored by 11 p.m. Tuesday citing severe weather as the reason for power loss.
Many locals took to social media wondering if the intensity of the storm was in fact a tornado ripping through the lower end. The National Weather Service Monday afternoon issued a tornado watch, however several hours later said the “threat” had decreased, cutting back the watch from northwest to southeast, saying “risk still exists along and southeast of I-95 for the time being.”
Several parents commenting on Bristol-based Meta pages woke their children and took refuge in their basements fearing a tornado had touched the ground.
Jon Benson of Levittown posted a reel showing his car was crushed by a tree that snapped due to wind gusts.
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Transformers sparking in addition to the severe thunderstorm lit up the sky in flashes of blue at times followed by booms.
Dawn Reiling-Leshner said it best of the hues in the night sky.
“I saw that and the multiple color changes was crazy. It looked like Parx Casino was nearby with those flashing lights.”
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