A round of thunderstorms with high winds, lightning, and a reported tornado moved through the Entergy Mississippi service territory last night and this morning resulting in customer outages. As of 10:30 a.m., approximately 6,400 customers are without power.
Damage assessment is also underway and we anticipate this to be a multi-day restoration event, particularly in the more severely impacted areas. Currently, damage assessment is 82% complete and has identified damages to 157 poles, 17 transformers, 115 cross arms, and more than 13 miles of downed wire.
Restoration is complete and electrical power has been restored to all customers affected by that storm who can safely receive power.
Entergy Mississippi continues to make progress after a round of thunderstorms with high winds and lightning moved through the service area Tuesday, causing power outages to approximately 16,900 customers. As of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, crews have restored power to roughly 70% of customers, and approximately 4,600 customers remain without power.
A round of thunderstorms with high winds and lightning moved through the Entergy Mississippi service territory today resulting in widespread customer outages.
Entergy Mississippi has successfully completed restoring power to all customers in whose homes and businesses could safely take electricity following Saturday night’s severe weather.
More than 91% of customers have been restored.
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Restoration underway after storms cause widespread damage across service area
Entergy Mississippi crews, contractors, tree trimmers and scouts are working diligently to restore power following Saturday night’s severe weather system that caused widespread damages and a peak of 30,491 customer outages in the central and southern portions of our service area. As of 7 p.m., we have already restored power to about 26,000 customers.
No matter the season, severe weather has the potential to leave widespread damage and cause power outages. It’s why Entergy Mississippi is observing Severe Weather Preparedness Week (Feb. 9-15) and encouraging customers to do the same by making a plan.
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Restoration progress continues, and as of 10:30 a.m., 784 customers remain without power from the thunderstorms with high winds, lightning, and reported tornadoes that moved through the Entergy Mississippi service territory Saturday night.
Progress continued today in restoring power to 96 percent of the customers impacted by the round of thunderstorms with high winds, lightning, and reported tornadoes that moved through the Entergy Mississippi service territory Saturday night.