Airplanes and a hangar were damaged, while Bulldog Stadium was turned upside down after a severe storm wreaked havoc Thursday in the Northern Lehigh area.

Northern Lehigh School District Superintendent Matthew J. Link said there was some damage mostly around the area of Bulldog Stadium, but added thankfully no one was injured.

Link said that shortly after the storms ended, the district’s School Safety and Security Coordinator, one of its Lead Maintenance Personnel, and he were on site to inspect.

“We found a roof was torn completely off the visiting team baseball dugout,” he said. “The baseball bleachers were blown across the stadium parking lot, one of which struck a school bus and smashed a window and pushed the window frame in. At least one field hockey goal and one soccer goal was badly damaged, probably beyond repair. Part of the metal roof was peeled back on one of maintenance buildings. There were numerous trees down on that part of campus as well.”

Link said the district’s insurance company was notified Thursday evening and a claim was opened.

“We will work with them moving forward for repairs and replacement of equipment,” he said. “Our maintenance team was on-site first thing this morning to begin the clean up and continue the documentation process. Fortunately, it does not appear any of our school buildings sustained damage.”

The National Weather Service said planes were overturned at Slatington Airport, and plans to investigate whether tornadoes touched down in the Lehigh Valley area in addition to the two that have been confirmed in Bucks County.

Slatington Airport owner Roger Sell confirmed two airplanes and a hangar were badly damaged.

“It looks to be in my mind a tornado that came whistling down Airport Lane and it came from the west,” Sell said. “Now I’m waiting to get a hold of my insurance agent to identify some of the areas that have significant damage.”

Slatington Borough Manager Dan Stevens said various areas in the borough were affected.

Stevens said there were trees ripped right out of the ground at the bowling alley along Route 873, as well as a lot of trees down along Shadow Oaks Lane.

Additionally, he said there was a lot of damage on Welshtown Road in neighboring Washington Township.

“We actually got really lucky at our water plant; there was really no damage to speak of other than some trees,” Stevens said. “It didn’t affect our operations at all.”

Stevens said all things considered, things could have been much worse in the borough.

“I think we got really lucky,” he said. “Nobody got hurt.”

Jane George, regional affairs director for PPL Electric Utilities.

“We were expecting a severe storm; of course we were prepared to respond to any outages,” George said. “They were expected to the southern portions of our territory yesterday afternoon.

“It appears the Slatington area currently has three customers without power, and our crews are on site and we expect restoration for these customers to occur by 1:30 this afternoon. “Comprehensive line clearing, combined with extensive smart grid automation and investments in more storm resistant poles and wires have all helped to reduce storm-related outages.”

Flooding was also reported on Route 248 and on Delaware Avenue in Palmerton.