MCPHERSON COUNTY —The McPherson County Board of Public Utility crews are working to restore power following a storm that saw 70-80 mile per hour winds come to south central Kansas Wednesday night.
All available utility crews were dispatched. Officials estimated approximately 600 outages as a result of the storm. There were no injuries reported, according to the McPherson County Sheriff's office.
Residents who live within city limits on the south side of McPherson had their power restored overnight. Rural customers that live southwest of the city limits can expect an extended outage. Some may see an outage of 12-24 hours.
The sheriff's office asked the public to avoid the area around 22nd Avenue between Eisenhower Road and Dakota Road as multiple power lines were down, there was damage to residential structures and emergency crews working in the area.
The Board of Public Utilities reported there are approximately 2 miles of power lines down on the circuit that feeds this section of the system.
Also, do not assume the Board of Public Utilities knows about your outage. If you lose power call their 24 hour outage number 620-504-7300 to report the outage. Thank you for your patience.