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Some residents, Providence Rec Center without power, as storm cleanup gets underway

By Angela Woolsey
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Thousands of residents in Fairfax County, particularly the Burke area, are grappling with the aftermath of yesterday’s thunderstorm.

As of 11 a.m., more than 1,400 homes and businesses in the county were still without electricity, including about 700 customers in the Burke, Springfield and Fairfax area south of George Mason University’s campus, according to Dominion Energy.

“The wind was for some reason much stronger in the Burke area at 75 mph — a little microburst of sorts,” Aisha Khan, a spokesperson for Dominion Energy in Northern Virginia, told FFXnow.

According to the utility’s outage map, crews were working on one outage affecting 367 customers around Guinea Road at Zion Drive in the Kings Park West neighborhood. While the cause is still listed as “pending investigation,” the Fairfax County Police Department reported around 6:30 p.m. yesterday that Guinea Road was closed in that area due to “downed wires and trees.”

Another 271 customers are without electricity due to an outage that occurred just to the north near Braddock Road. Crews are assessing the damage and currently estimate power will be restored between 4 and 9 p.m., according to Dominion.

Power outages affecting at least 100 people each are also being addressed in West Falls Church, McLean and the Barton Hill area of Reston, the outage map shows.

Power outages in Fairfax County on June 23, 2026 after thunderstorm the previous night (via Dominion Energy)

Among the properties affected is the Providence Rec Center, which is closed due to a power outage, the Fairfax County Park Authority announced.

“All activities, classes & camps are cancelled for the reminder of the day,” the park authority said, advising community members to email camps@fairfaxcounty.gov or FCPAReCenters@fairfaxcounty.gov with any questions.

The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says it responded to 30 different incidents in two hours yesterday evening just in the Braddock District, which includes the Burke area and was hardest hit by the thunderstorm.

“[There were] multiple single family homes and townhomes with substantial damage,” the department said in a social media post. “FCFRD secured utilities and helped remove downed wires and trees.”

Despite the significant property damage, the FCFRD says no injuries have been reported as a result of the thunderstorm, which also produced some hail.

The National Weather Service initially attributed the storm’s tornado-like impact in Burke to a “straight line wind pattern,” but according to Capital Weather, the agency is now surveying the damage to officially determine whether straight-line winds — strong winds pushed down to the ground — or a tornado occurred.

Weather observations taken in Fort Belvoir indicate that just over an inch of precipitation fell yesterday between 6 and 8 p.m. Though rain is continuing to fall today, it’s not clear yet whether the rainfall is enough to put a meaningful dent in the region’s ongoing drought.

The National Weather Service is surveying the Burke damage to make a determination if it was from straight-line winds or a tornado. Initial assessment could be revised.

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— Capital Weather (@capitalweather.com) June 23, 2026 at 10:59 AM

About the Author

  • Angela Woolsey is the site editor for FFXnow. A graduate of George Mason University, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Fairfax County Times before joining Local News Now as the Tysons Reporter editor in 2020.