A round of strong storms made their way through the area last night—leaving hundreds in the county without power this morning.
First Energy says there are power outages in about 600 households in Butler County this morning.
Emergency crews were busy last night, as the 911 center handled nearly 40 calls for downed wires.
The National Weather Service is now confirming that a tornado did touch down last night in Beaver County. Officials say it was an EF2 tornado—which would be the strongest to hit Beaver County since 1985.
We’ve confirmed another tornado associated with last night’s storms in Beaver County. Rated and EF2 which makes it the strongest tornado to hit the county since May 31st 1985. We will have more details out later this afternoon with a final public information statement.
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) June 11, 2020
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