Passenger Trains > Northeast Corridor delays June 3rd

Looks like lots of weather related delays north and west of Philadelphia. Were there thunderstorms in the area? From the Amtrak Northeast Twitter Alerts a few minutes ago:


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SERVICE ALERT UPDATE: Trains traveling between Philadelphia (PHL) & Trenton (TRE) continue to experience delays due to weather-related signal issues through the area. We will update as more information becomes available.

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SERVICE ALERT UPDATE: Trains traveling between Philadelphia (PHL) & Exton (EXT) continue to experience delays due to weather-related overhead power issues in the area. We will update as more information becomes available.

There were huge thunderstorms in South Jersey that came across Pennsylvania.

From Weather.com today. Derechos can be bad news. Three dead and at one time 575,000 people were without power.


"After an analysis of the storm damage reports, weather.com meteorologists concluded the damage was caused by a derecho, a large cluster of thunderstorms that most commonly forms in late spring and summer and causes widespread destruction to trees, power lines and sometimes structures.

"From the Spanish word for "straight," these windstorms leave wide, long areas of straight-line wind damage. The winds can be as strong as 60 to 100 mph or higher in extreme cases. They're usually produced by one or more curved lines of thunderstorms known as a bow echo or squall line."