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Power Outages Hit Region Due to Strong Winds, Rain

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HUNTINGDON — High winds toppled trees and broke limbs causing major power outages throughout the region. Danny Brawner, general manager of the Carroll County Electric, said Carroll, Henry, Weakley, and neighboring Lexington were all adversely affected by the high winds. Middle Tennessee also had thousands without electricity for several days. Nashville Electric announced 48,000 were without electricity after Friday night’s winds.
Brawner said Carroll County had 7,000 customers without electricity at the peak. A major problem for the McKenzie and south McKenzie area was a high tension 69kV power line was severed between McKenzie and Huntingdon. The portion of the city of McKenzie served by Carroll County Electric did not have power. Brawner said the power in the McKenzie area was restored with the help of power from Weakley County Electric. Workers with Carroll County Electric drove to Gleason and “closed in” a breaker to pick up power from the neighboring utility company.
Brawner said the entire county sustained damage, mostly from falling trees and limbs that severed lines or knocked down utility poles.
Lineman for Carroll County Electric worked all night Friday and until 10 p.m. Saturday. They were still dealing with scattered outages on Sunday morning.

Henry County’s Board of Public Utilities called in assistance from other utilities to help restore power.
Lineman worked 34 straight hours after arriving Friday at 7 a.m. for the normal shift and working most of Saturday. They returned Sunday morning after a brief time for rest.
In Weakley County, winds destroyed an old service station in downtown Sharon and caused numerous trees to fall. Power outages were reported throughout the county.
Brawner said Lexington Electric System requested manpower from Carroll County. However, all linemen in Carroll were busy repairing service lines within the county.

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