CPS Energy reporting over 1,700 customers without power as storms move out of San Antonio - WOAI
CPS Energy reporting over 6,000 customers without power as storms move through San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO - Several thousand CPS customers are without power Monday afternoon as severe thunderstorms move through the area.
According to the CPS Energy outage map at 1:42 p.m., 1,746 customers are without power. No word on how long it will take for power to be restored. The peak was over 7,000 customers without power midway through the 1 p.m. hour.
Severe thunderstorms are pelting San Antonio, as well as the surrounding counties.
A thunderstorm hit Poteet just before noon. The National Weather Service says that they confirmed ping pong ball sized hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph.
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