Power Restored in Concord, Capital Region

UPDATE, 8:57 a.m. After getting down to about 443 households without power at around 2 a.m., the number jumped back up to more than 2,300 this morning. Unitil reported on its Twitter feed that it was suspected to be an equipment issue around 7:30 a.m. The power outage map showed all but a handful of customers without power at just before 9 a.m. 

UPDATE, 12:08 a.m. Unitil is reporting about 437 customers without power, of them in Concord. PSNH is reporting small outages in Bradford, Warner, and Weare. 

UPDATE, 11:37 p.m. I've posted a short video of two of the heaviest lightning strikes I saw tonight. 

UPDATE, 11:14 p.m. Power outages are up to more than 1,100 in Concord, with a bunch in Loudon too. PSNH is reporting about 9 percent of Loudon is without power at this hour and Belmont residents have also lost power. Canterbury residents are also without power. 

The previous post is below

The second wave of the July 15, thunderstorms hit the capital region with a bang on July 15, knocking out power to 997 customers in the eastern and northern part of Concord, according to Unitil.

The thunder and lightning started around 10:15 p.m. with the storm gaining strength around 10:30 p.m. About 15 minutes later, lights started flickering in East and West Concord, Bow, and Loudon.

Power went out a few minutes after that, with the bulk of the outages being reported in Penacook, East Concord, the Heights, and Loudon.

Public Service of New Hampshire is also reporting outages in Deering, Francestown, and New Boston.

The first wave of the storm hit around 6 p.m. but only brought rain to Concord but hit the southern part of New Hampshire, including the Seacoast, hard, knocking out power to thousands. A tornado warning was also posted for Hillsborough County.

Concord NH Patch will update this report when more information becomes available.