Crews working to restore power in Middle TN after storms leave thousands in the dark
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Thousands of people woke up without power in Middle Tennessee after a line of storms moved across the region late Sunday night into early Monday morning.
CDE Lightband took to social media just before midnight on Sunday, May 26 to inform members that crews were working to restore power “as safely and quickly as possible.”
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The power company’s online outage map showed that more than 3,000 people were without power as of 4 a.m. on Monday, May 27. By 8 a.m., the number was lowered to 1,298. Then, at noon, CDE’s outage map showed that the number had jumped to 1,870.
Meanwhile, Nashville Electric Company’s (NES) outage map showed more than 2,000 members were without power early Monday morning. However, just 1,139 remained without power at 8 a.m. with the largest outage reported near the Nashville International Airport.
The Nashville-based power company issued the following statement at 8 a.m. on Monday, May 27.
“After assessing the damage left after last night’s storm front, crews have discovered strong winds broke 3 power poles and caused electricity to go out for more than 5,000 customers,” said NES. “Once the severe threat passed, NES crews were able to restore power to roughly 4,000 outages. At this time, just over 1,000 customers remain without power. Our largest outage (640 customers) is near the airport and is the location of one of the broken poles. Thank you for your patience this morning as crews operate as quickly and safely as possible to get everyone back on.”
At noon, NES said crews were “continuing to make progress on res to customers who were impacted by the storms that came through Middle Tennessee.” However, around 800 customers are still without power.
Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (CEMC) gave an update just after 3 a.m. stating that crews are continuing to find downed power lines and broken poles that were believed to be caused by lightning and trees. The power company had more than 10,000 members without power after the first line of storms moved through the area Sunday, May 26.
However, by Monday at 4 a.m. the number of members affected had decreased to just a little more than 1,500. At 8 a.m., the map was updated to show a little more than 1,100 customers remained in the dark.
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CEMC took to social media at 10:30 a.m. to announce the outages had been reduced from 10,000 to below 600.
“Crews have worked throughout the day and night to reduce the numbers of outages from 10,000+ to now below 600. The areas that remain, mainly in Stewart County, are some of the hardest hit and most inaccessible.”
By noon, approximately 340 CEMC customers were still in the dark.
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