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UPDATED: Storms Roll Through Eagle Country
Last Updated: June 16, 2010 7:11:42 am
Updated posted Wednesday, June 16 at 11:57 a.m.: Southeast Indiana REMC spokesperson Barry Lauber says that all customers who have been without power should be restored by 1:00 p.m. Wednesday. He says crews have made major progress since this morning when there were still 1,500 outages across their seven county service area. Any Southeast Indiana REMC customers still without electricity should report it by calling the electric company at 1-800-737-4111 or e-mail outage1@seiremc.com. Original story posted Wednesday, June 16 at 7:11 a.m.:
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – It appears Eagle Country dodged the bullet as far as any major damage reports from a line of strong thunderstorms that rolled through Tuesday evening.
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Storm clouds in Osgood, Ind. Submitted by Jodi May Cumberworth |
Parts of northern Ripley County were under a tornado warning just before 8:00 p.m. by the National Weather Service. Hail was reported in the Elrod area. Barry Lauber, spokesman for Southeast Indiana REMC, said Wednesday morning that 1,500 people remain without power after a peak of 3,000 outages caused by wind and lightning. Most of those remaining outages are in the Sunman and Milan areas. The company hopes to have those customers back in service by midnight tonight. "Be patient. We know where the outages are at and we are fixing them," Lauber said, adding that additional crews are on the job. Meanwhile, there were no major or widespread power outages by Wednesday morning for Duke Energy. The company outage website had reported more than 400 homes and businesses without power in Dearborn and Ripley counties overnight. Emergency service dispatch centers in Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland counties said there were some roads blocked by downed trees or branches, but for the most part have been taken care of. Mud Pike between Delaware and Batesville in Ripley County was still blocked off by high water early Wednesday morning. The tri-state will get a welcome break from storms and rain over the next few days. A cold front moving through has the next chance of rain in the forecast not coming until Saturday. According to the NWS, southeast Indiana has witnessed between five and eight inches of rain over the past 14 days. The area saw between 0.5 and 1.5 inches Tuesday. You can share your pictures of the storm on Eagle 99.3’s Facebook page or e-mail them to news@eaglecountryonline.com.
