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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.

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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. 

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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. 


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