Power outages affect nearly 7,000 Omaha Public Power District customers

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — Nearly 7,000 OPPD customers were without power early Monday due to outages across the metro.

As of 4 a.m. Monday, OPPD’s outage map showed about 5,472 in Douglas, 97 in Washington, 20 in Dodge, 3 in Sarpy, and 1 in Saunders County impacted.

The biggest impacts were in the Benson, North Omaha, and Midtown areas. At its peak, our team noted that about 6,800 total customers had no power.

Some in Iowa also experienced outages, with MidAmerican Energy reporting that over 600 of their customers in Council Bluffs did not have power.

At about 8 a.m. Monday, the OPPD map showed over 1,000 in Douglas County still without power. Further, there were 170 in Washington, 31 in Dodge, and 36 in Sarpy remaining.

The outages come as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was in effect for Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Fremont, and Page counties until 4:30 a.m. Monday.

“Large hail and damaging winds of at least 60mph are possible. If you are in the warning area, seek shelter indoors until the storm has passed,” Senior Chief Meteorologist Rusty Lord says.

Rusty says the worst gusts he could find in the metro early Monday was 55 mph. Crews responded to reports of trees downed and transformers blown in the metro.

Authorities have also reported a roof blown off a building in Harrison County, Iowa.

Still, OPPD and MidAmerican crews have not yet officially stated the cause of the outages. First Alert 6 is working to learn the cause, as well as an estimated time to restore power.

Drivers were advised to watch for intersections that have dark traffic signals and treat them as all-way stops.

If you experience a power outage, you are asked to report it to OPPD on their website.

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