Straight-Line Winds, No Tornado In Bucks Co, Weather Service Says

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — It was straight-line winds, not a tornado, that caused widespread damage in Bucks County late Halloween night, investigators with the National Weather Service have determined.

A storm survey team from the National Weather Service was in Warminster, Bucks County Friday to investigate damage from the powerful overnight storm.

The team determined straight line winds of 110 mph caused the destruction in the area, including downed trees and wires. The National Weather Service confirmed the same system caused an EF2 tornado in Glen Mills.

The storm, which prompted a tornado warning in parts of Bucks County just before midnight, came with high winds in a "non-continuous path," the National Weather Service said.

Several homes were damaged from falling tress on and near Barness Drive in Warminster, and some utility poles were snapped near their base along Street Road.

The storm knocked out power for thousands in the area. More than 31,000 PECO customers in Bucks County were without power mid-morning on Friday, with nearly 6,000 outstanding outages in Warminster alone. As of Friday night at 8 p.m., more than 2,200 outages remained.

See photos of the destruction here.