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Volatile Storms Knock Out Power in Birmingham
Heavy rain coupled with strong winds left many residents in the dark.
Roughly 2,000 Birmingham-area residents lost power during the severe thunderstorms that swept through Metro Detroit Friday evening.
The majority of outages occurred south of 14 Mile Road between Southfield Road and Coolidge Highway at about 6:20 p.m., according to the DTE outage map. Another 250 customers off of Maple Road between Cranbrook and Southfiled road lost power about 7:15 p.m. No restoration time was available as of 11:30 p.m.
Earlier Friday, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Oakland County until 10 p.m. The warning prompted organizers of the Family Movie Night to move the event from Shain Park indoors to Seaholm High School.
Saturday's forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms before 8 a.m., and then a chance of ran followed by partly sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures will reach about 86 degrees.
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