(Updated at 7:10 p.m.) More than 8,000 Dominion customers in Arlington lost electricity after a powerful storm blew through the area.
As of 5:30 p.m. Dominion was reporting 8,089 without power in Arlington, including in the Fairlington neighborhood and along Lee Highway. Some traffic lights were said to be dark on Lee Highway, including at the busy intersection of Lee Highway and Fairfax Drive.
As of 7 p.m., the number of outages had fallen to 6,039.
Several instances of downed trees, downed power lines and people stuck in elevators were reported around the county.
Meanwhile, major delays were reported on Metro’s Orange, Silver and Blue lines due to a tree that struck a train near the Dunn Loring station during the storm.
Storm with heavy rain and wind rolls through Pentagon City, but one man in an orange poncho doesn't seem to mind pic.twitter.com/bTlNnZ82xR
— Arlington News (@ARLnowDOTcom) July 14, 2017
Wind gust of 48 mph reported at Reagan National. Numerous report of trees down in Fairfax Co (Oakton to McLean). https://t.co/riO4A9hQm6
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) July 14, 2017
@ARLnowDOTcom @capitalweather Downed Tree in VA Square pic.twitter.com/901VFcs6jF
— Kyle Bogucki (@theKyleBogucki) July 14, 2017
5:05P OR/SV/BL delays increasing. #wmata preparing to remove pax from train struck by tree outside Dunn Loring to another train. #wmata ^SR
— Rail Transit OPS (@RailTransitOPS) July 14, 2017
Woah. I'm on the blue line stuck at Roslyn because a train hit a tree. How in the world does a train hit a tree? @ARLnowDOTcom
— Dave Hammond (@districtdave) July 14, 2017
Only on my OL metro train stuck outside Dunn Lorring. pic.twitter.com/NIjLhTHBIT
— Andy Davis (@aadavis26) July 14, 2017