Thousands Without Power in Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park
Strong thunderstorms that rolled through Friday night causing major power outages.
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If you have power Friday night, consider yourself lucky.
Shortly before midnight, Dominion Power was reporting 534,000 customers without power in Northern Virginia.
In Prince William County, 2,982 Dominion customers were without power Friday night. The outages were in smaller clusters near Davis Ford Road, parts of Route 1 and the mid-county area.
In Manassas City, 20 Dominion customers are without power. In Manassas Park, 1,668 customers are without power.
Readers reported being without power in the Blackburn Road and Summerland Heights neighborhoods in Woodbridge.
NOVEC reported 14,070 Prince William Customers were without power Friday night.
To notify NOVEC of outages via telephone at 1-888-335-0500 or 703-335-0500.
If you are a Dominion customer, call to report an outage at 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357). Both power companies may not know of your outage unless you report it.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 1 a.m. Friday for the Interstate 95 corridor in Northern Virginia. NWS' forecast for Saturday calls for a chance of thunderstorms after 2 p.m.
Lauren Jost
8:42 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
For updated outage numbers, read this article: http://woodbridge-va.patch.com/articles/two-killed-friday-in-derecho-storm-in-northern-virginia
Jimmy J.
9:53 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Power went out around 10:45 didn't come back on until 4 AM. I'm a lucky one since I have power now.
Lauren Jost
9:55 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Jimmy, you are lucky! Glad to hear you are safe.
Mary Lou
10:04 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
We never lost power but have no local TV or home phone but the internet is fine. I guess we are lucky.
Lauren Jost
10:07 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Mary Lou,
Do you have Verizon? We just got some updated information from them but no estimate for service restoration.
Erin Gibson
10:28 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Mary Lou, glad you did not lose power. Do you live in the City of Manassas? The majority of their utility lines are underground, so not many residents usually lose power.
Erin Gibson
10:51 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Here is the latest from Manassas City Police Department:
Due to the recent storms the Manassas City Police Department 911 system is working intermittently. For Manassas City Police Assistance (emergency or non-emergency) please call 703.257.8000.
If you are calling to report a power outage or trees in the roadway call Utilities at 703.257.8353.
Rich Anderson
2:15 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
We are totally without power as of 2 PM Saturday afternoon at our home down Bacon Race Road (just off Davis Ford Road). Cell phone and text capability not working. I am able to send this message from a restaurant in Woodbridge.
Del. Rich Anderson
Lauren Jost
7:46 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Rich,
My family lives in that area as well. They are still without power, be sure to report the outage!
Cindy Jones
7:45 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Still without power in Belmont Bay. Cell phone finally came back on about 4 pm.
Lauren Jost
7:46 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Cindy,
With cell phone service coming back up Dominion is expecting some more reports to come in.
Be sure to report your outage!
Dan Natale
8:42 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Live off Yates ford and have been without power since yesterday. I have reported the outage to Novec, but now when I call they don't even bother telling you when the power might return. Still haven't seen a single crew working on the issue.
Mick
12:28 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
Can someone please let me know when power was restored in the Belmont bay community? Thanks.