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Chilly Week Follows Severe Afternoon Thunderstorms

A line of thunderstorms moved across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Wednesday afternoon bringing heavy downpours, strong winds -- up to 71 mph -- and the chance of hail to the entire region and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of the region.

As temperatures climbed into the upper 60s -- even above 70 in Philly -- Wednesday, the fast-moving system headed east across the Keystone State.

The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of the region that expired by late afternoon.

Heavy rain started to fall in the northern and western suburbs of Philadelphia around 2 p.m. then quickly spread throughout the region. Trees went down along Gulph Road in Upper Merion Township and Ridge Avenue in the Andorra section of Philadelphia as the heaviest part of the storm -- that featured 71 mph winds in Philadelphia -- moved through around 2:45 p.m.

The storm also knocked out power to nearly 3,000 customers in West Chester, Chester County at one point and more than 8,000 PECO customers around the area at its height. In South Jersey, at one point, more than 1,200 Atlantic City Electric customers were in the dark.

There is a possibility of scattered thunderstorms during the Wednesday rush hour, but most of the rainfall should be over by early evening with most of the wet weather gone by 8 p.m., according to NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Sheena Parveen.

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The Wednesday storms come the same week as severe weather wreaked havoc on the region, disrupting the Monday morning commute and causing flooding on area roadways.

Temperatures could drop more than 20 degrees as the system pushes past our region. Lows will plunge toward the upper 30s, making for a cold start to Thursday morning.

While the rest of the work week should be dry, the unseasonably cold temps will stick around.

Temperatures should reach highs in the mid-50s and drop to lows in the mid-30s before warming up over the weekend.

The sun returns Saturday and Sunday as we head into the 60s.

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