UPDATED: Thousands still without power after Monday night storms

A late band of storms swept through Northern Virginia on Monday night, producing wind gusts close to 70 mph and knocking out power to tens of thousands.

Dominion Energy reported 39,642 outages across the region Monday night, but had that number down to about 11,000 outages by 6:45 a.m. Tuesday. Stafford County was hit hardest with more than 21,000 customers out as of 10:20 p.m. last night, with about 6,000 still without power this morning. 

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative reported 2,023 customers out late Monday, the majority of those in Stafford, Loudoun and Fauquier counties. All but about 250 customers had power restored by this morning.

Rappahannock Regional Electric Cooperative reported 16,911 customers without power Monday night, with more than 5,000 of those in Spotsylvania County. REC restored power to all but about 4,000 customers by Tuesday morning.

Damaging winds hit the region ahead of a cold front Monday night, blowing trees across roadways and power lines.

The National Weather Service reported wind gusts of 62 mph at Marine Base Quantico at 9 p.m., 66 mph at Dulles International Airport at 8:38 p.m, and 68 mph at Reagan National Airport at 9:12 p.m.