Electric crews making progress on outages throughout NWA and River Valley
Storms that hit Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley early Saturday morning led to outages across the area. According to OG&E Community Affairs Manager Eddie Lee Herndon, straight line winds led to 1500 OG&E customers losing power. Crews have been working throughout the day, and that number is down to 348. Rob Roedel with the Electric Co-Op of Arkansas says they have about 700 outages. Two thirds of the outages are in Crawford and Johnson counties. Roedel says Carroll Electric and Arkansas Valley Electric were impacted by the storm.
Storms that hit Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley early Saturday morning led to outages across the area.
According to OG&E Community Affairs Manager Eddie Lee Herndon, straight line winds led to 1500 OG&E customers losing power.
Crews have been working throughout the day, and that number is down to 348.
Rob Roedel with the Electric Co-Op of Arkansas says they have about 700 outages.
Two thirds of the outages are in Crawford and Johnson counties.
Roedel says Carroll Electric and Arkansas Valley Electric were impacted by the storm.