Fast-moving Friday Storm Downs Wires

August 12, 2016
Downed wires - Image (c) Dan Brosgol, 2016 all rights reserved -Click to view larger image
Downed wires – Image (c) Dan Brosgol, 2016 all rights reserved -Click to view larger image
This 'screen grab' from www.intellicast.com shows a 'strong cell' headed to Bedford just before 4 pm on Friday, August 12. Courtesy image (c) 2016 all rights reserved - Click to view larger image
This ‘screen grab’ from www.intellicast.com shows a ‘strong cell’ headed to Bedford just before 4 pm on Friday, August 12. Courtesy image (c) 2016 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image

A ‘strong cell’ moved quickly through Bedford on Friday afternoon, downing wires near the intersection of Page and Brooksbie Roads at shortly before 4:30 pm.

According to a Bedford Police Department tweet, drivers are encouraged to seek an alternate route.

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515 Bedford customers are without electricity according to EverSource because of the downed wires at Page and Brooksbie Roads – Courtesy image (c) 2016 all rights reserved

Editor’s Note: Shortly after posting this story, the Bedford Police Tweeted the following image of a tree down across Old Billerica Road between Autumn Lane and Mitchell Grant Way.

Image (c) Bedford Police Department, 2016 all rights reserved
Image (c) Bedford Police Department, 2016 all rights reserved – Click to view larger image

 

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