Last Night’s Severe Thunderstorms Leave Over 1,000 Without Power Around Charlotte Region

Severe thunderstorms swept through the Charlotte region last night, leaving Hundreds of people without power as lightning, strong winds, and hail knocked down power lines and blew several transformers.

According to Duke Energy, there were over 750 people in Mecklenburg County, 317 in Cabarrus County, and 208 in Gaston County who were still without power as of 6 a.m. this morning.

Dozens of people sent us photos and videos last night on social media, showing powerful lightning, large hail, and flooding around the Charlotte region;

Stay safe out there! 🌩⛈⚡📸 by @normthestorm5 – Going down. #charlotte #lightning #storm #clt #centercitysips #cltstorm #queencity #charlit #cltnightlife #stormysky #cltskyline #cltstories

A post shared by Charlotte Stories (@cltstories) on Jul 18, 2017 at 6:44pm PDT

Hail in @nodaclt! @wxbrad #cltwx #wxclt #noda #hail #summerthunderstorm #charlotte #queencity #charlottenc #clt #willowoak

A post shared by Melissa (@melissaoyler) on Jul 18, 2017 at 5:59pm PDT

Hellacious hail from tonight’s storm pic.twitter.com/4KHzy1MkpC

— Xavier Walton (@xmanwalton) July 19, 2017

What did you think of last night’s storms?

Did you lose power at all last night?

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