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Latest round of wind, rain causes problems

2 inches fell in some spots

Another round of rain and wind blew through Butler County Tuesday night, downing trees and utility lines and causing some minor flooding, emergency officials said.

The strong weather began about 8 p.m. and dumped more than 2 inches of rain on some southern areas of the county, said Tyler Wixtrom, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Pittsburgh office.

Wixtrom said Cranberry Township with 2.13 inches of rain was likely the hardest hit by a series of severe thunderstorms that moved through the area.

In what apparently was the most serious situation, emergency responders were called in the 100 block of McDonald Drive in Cranberry for a flooded road that temporarily stranded at least one vehicle, according to emergency call logs provided by the county’s Emergency Services Department.

The Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Department did not return messages seeking information on that incident.

Flooding from an overflowing pond in the 100 block of Moore Road in Center Township was brief, said Unionville Fire Chief Nathan Wulff. The company was called to the pond about 9 p.m., and the flooding lasted about 15 minutes.

There were also reports of road flooding on Spring Street in Harmony and Ekastown Road in Buffalo Township.

The storms also brought gusty conditions that resulted in widespread reports of downed trees and power lines.

County Emergency Services director Steve Bicehouse said dispatchers handled about 40 calls related to the storm. Most of those calls were for wires and trees down, he said.

From the county’s call log, it appeared that the county’s southern half was again hit hardest. Residents in Middlesex Township reported numerous downed utility wires, though scattered reports of downed trees and wires were logged by residents as far north as Worth Township.

According to online information maintained by Central Electric Cooperative and West Penn Power, the companies still were dealing with scattered power outages this morning.

The bulk of those outages appeared to be affecting West Penn Power customers in Harrisville and the Sarver area, where anywhere from 42 to 200 people were still without power as of 9 a.m., according to the company’s website.

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