We thank you for your patience while we restored over 18,500 customers who lost power as a result of the thunderstorms with high winds, heavy rain and lightning that moved through the Entergy Mississippi service territory Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon.
We continue to make progress in restoring power due to severe thunderstorms bringing high winds, heavy rain, lightning and thunderstorm activity that passed through the Entergy Mississippi service territory Sunday night and this afternoon causing customer outages.
Severe thunderstorms bringing high winds, heavy rain, lightning and thunderstorm activity passed through the Entergy Mississippi service territory overnight causing customer outages. As of 6:00 p.m., approximately 6,100 customers are without power after reaching a peak of 8,689 customer outages at 7:30 a.m. this morning.
Approximately 79% of the customers impacted have been restored, down from the peak outage that occurred at 6:15 a.m. this morning of 10,948 outages.
The consecutive weather events caused some customers to experience repeated outages, and since Wednesday, April 2, crews have restored a total of 75,000 power outages. Throughout the effort, nearly 800 team members, including lineworkers, tree trimmers, damage assessors and support personnel, worked to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
Mississippi crews, contractors, tree trimmers and scouts are working diligently to restore power to more than 14,400 customers after thunderstorms, high winds and tornado activity moved through the service area Saturday evening into early Sunday morning. As of 12:00 p.m. Sunday, crews have restored power to 7,400 customers, and approximately 50% remain without power.
As of 6:45 p.m. this evening, significant progress has been made in restoring power to those customers impacted by the high winds, thunderstorms, lightning, and reported tornado activity that impacted the Entergy Mississippi service territory yesterday into early Sunday morning. Approximately 2,090 customers are without power, down from the peak of 14,483 that was reached at 4:30 a.m.
As of 8 a.m., approximately 10,300 customers are without power. Customers should be prepared for more outages and flexible restoration times as wind gusts continue throughout Thursday, and severe weather threatens the service area into the weekend.
As of 8:00 p.m., crews have restored power to more than 88% of customers. Approximately 2,100 customers remain without power, down from approximately 18,300. We’ve identified damages to more than 70 poles, 35 transformers, 75 cross arms, and 12 miles of downed wire.
Sustained high winds are moving through the Entergy Mississippi service territory, resulting in widespread customer outages. These winds are expected to last into the evening. As of 5:30 p.m., approximately 15,000 customers are without power. Our crews including linemen, damage assessors, vegetation workers and support personnel are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.