Evening Thunderstorms, Winds Pound Levittown Area

A line of strong thunderstorms caused problems and power outages around the Levittown area Wednesday evening.

As of 7:45 p.m., PECO reported that 1,200 customers in the area were without service. The largest concentration of outages were centered in Bristol Township, Langhorne Borough, and Middletown.

Flash flooding across the region caused water-covered roads in Bristol, Fairless Hills, Levittown, and Langhorne. Readers reported sections of Levittown where storm drains were overwhelmed, causing street flooding. Flooding brought fire police to Vermillion Way in Falls Township’s Levittown section.

Branches and trees were also downed across the area. A large tree was knocked over along Langhorne-Yardley Road outside of the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company station in Middletown.

Phones buzzed at a tornado warning was issued for the area.

Firefighters zipped throughout area towns for calls related to the storm, including some false alarms.