Springfield CWLP Cuts Storm Outages to 850 Customers After 5,300 Lost Power
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Updated · WAND · Jun 11
Springfield CWLP Cuts Storm Outages to 850 Customers After 5,300 Lost Power
3 articles · Updated · WAND · Jun 11
Summary
850 Springfield CWLP customers remained without power at noon Thursday, down from more than 5,300 at the storm's peak, with crews working across nine outage areas.
Broken poles, downed power lines, high winds and heavy rain from overnight storms drove the outages; the largest remaining pockets included 219 customers near Lawless Park and 203 near Northgate.
4,709 outages were still reported in Sangamon County at 11 a.m., with additional outages in Piatt, Macon, Menard and Champaign counties as trees fell across roads in several communities.
No tornadoes had been confirmed by midnight despite multiple warnings and spotted-tornado reports, while National Weather Service surveys were set to begin after daylight.
Restoration times were still unknown, and officials warned residents to treat all downed lines as live and handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops.