More than 1,500 residents in Butler County awoke to no electricity after strong overnight storms toppled trees and downed wires early Wednesday.

Along with power crews, the stormy weather kept county dispatchers and fire departments busy.

Dispatchers said weather-related calls and alarms started coming in about 12:30 a.m. Incidents were scattered across the county and continued until around 2:30 a.m.

Dispatchers fielded 63 calls between that two-hour period, according to Rob McLafferty, the county's 911 coordinator.

Those calls included 20 automated fire calls and 17 for fallen trees and/or wires.

At 1:09 a.m., two trees reportedly struck a townhouse on Sarah Court in Cranberry Township, authorities said.

Four minutes later in Butler Township, a tree fell on wires on Highland Avenue at Roberta Street, which apparently caused one of the highest concentrations of power outages.

Additional outages were caused about 1:44 a.m. in Cherry Township when a utility pole snapped, sending wires across a parking lot, and at 1:51 a.m. when a transformer blew on Thornwood Drive in Butler Township.

Most of the outages in the county were reported by West Penn Power. Company officials said crews made slow but steady progress getting service restored throughout the day.

By 10 a.m., nearly eight hours after the brunt of the storms passed, about 900 customers had no power. At noon, the number had dwindled to 174.

Central Electric Cooperative reported 71 members still with no electricity at noon.

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh reported a line of thunderstorms passed through the region shortly after midnight Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and wind gusts.

Pittsburgh International Airport measured a 75 mph wind gust at 1:06 a.m. The weather service noted in a tweet that “this is the highest thunderstorm wind gust at the airport ever.”

On the bright side for Butler County, McLafferty said, there were no reports of flooding.

Conditions dried out later in the day and afternoon, but showers are forecast for Thursday morning and continuing during the day.

And, brace yourself, snow is possible beginning Thursday night. The weather service said there is a chance of rain and snow showers between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Friday, with a low around 31 degrees. Also Friday morning, there will be a chance of snow showers before 10 a.m., and then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10 a.m. and noon.