Power has been restored to many in and around Lyon County while an untold number of customers to our northeast remain offline after storms blew through the area.
While there has been no damage reported, power was knocked out around for about three hours to roughly 660 Westar Energy customers in far east Emporia affecting areas north and south of Sixth Avenue from Carter Street east to Weaver and areas north and south of Interstate 35 from Roads 180 to 170, east to Road S. Westar Energy spokesperson Jana Dawson says the outage was caused by a tree that fell onto a power line.
Another 160 customers were affected by outages in and west of Americus. An untold number of customers are offline across much of Osage and Wabaunsee counties, including the towns of Burlingame, Carbondale, Eskridge, Overbrook and Scranton with over 10 outages affecting parts of Osage, Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties. Outages have also been reported in Madison, with just a handful of customers offline. Dawson says crews have been busy to get power restored.
Lyon-Coffey Electric, meanwhile, had 47 customers without power in west Emporia and scattered outages elsewhere across the region Saturday morning.
8 a.m. Saturday: More than 800 customers without power
Over 800 Westar Energy customers in Lyon County are without power Saturday morning, and an untold number of customers to our northeast are also offline after storms blew through the area.
While there has been no damage reported, power was knocked out around 5:30 a.m. to roughly 660 Westar Energy customers in far east Emporia affecting areas north and south of Sixth Avenue from Carter Street east to Weaver and areas north and south of Interstate 35 from Roads 180 to 170, east to Road S. Another 160 customers are offline in and west of Americus. An untold number of customers are offline across much of Osage and Wabaunsee counties, including the towns of Burlingame, Carbondale, Eskridge, Overbrook and Scranton with over 10 outages affecting parts of Osage, Wabaunsee and Shawnee counties. Outages have also been reported in Madison, with just a handful of customers offline.
Power is now estimated to be restored by 8:30 a.m. for Emporia and locations to our east as crews are currently on site. There is no current estimate for when power will be restored around Americus or Madison — or across Osage or Wabaunsee counties.
Westar Energy has not issued a cause for the outage. Lyon-Coffey Electric, meanwhile, has not said whether its system has been affected.
7 am Saturday: Power outages affect Emporia, Americus, eastern Lyon County
Severe thunderstorms whipped through the listening area this morning.
While there has been no damage reported, power was knocked out around 5:30 a.m. to roughly 660 Westar Energy customers in far east Emporia affecting areas north and south of Sixth Avenue from Carter Street east to Weaver and areas north and south of Interstate 35 from Roads 180 to 170, east to Road S. Another 160 customers are offline in and west of Americus.
Power is now estimated to be restored by 8:30 a.m. for Emporia and locations to our east as crews are currently on site. There is no current estimate for when power will be restored around Americus.
Westar Energy has not issued a cause for the outage. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until noon for Coffey County.
