Natural gas restored to 15,399 as of Friday afternoon; slight setback north of Tupelo

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Natural gas restoration is nearing completion in Tupelo, Lee County and Pontotoc County.

Atmos Energy restored service to approximately 15,399 customers as of Friday afternoon, March 21.

However, the company experienced a slight setback on Friday morning. A “low pressure issue” affected service to approximately 300 customers in the Northridge subdivision in Saltillo.

“Crews are in the process of taking actions to restore that portion of the system,” Atmos announced. “Technicians are going door-to-door to turn off services at the meter. Once the repairs are complete, crews will then go door-to-door to begin the relight process.”

The larger outage began on March 12 following a pipeline accident in Plantersville.

Atmos Energy then turned off service to approximately 17,000 customers in Tupelo, Lee County and parts of Pontotoc County.

The company spent the following week manually restoring service to these customers.

Open this link to view an interactive map of the restoration process.

Open this link to view Atmos updates.

Atmos reminds customers that an adult must be present when crews arrive to restart natural gas service.

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