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Thousands of PG&E customers lose power in Calaveras, Tuolumne counties

Thousands of PG&E customers lose power in Calaveras, Tuolumne counties

Updated: 9:12 PM PDT Sep 9, 2023

TONIGHT ON ENCINA AVENUE. AND RIGHT NOW, THOUSANDS OF PG&E AND CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER. IT IS IMPACTING TUOLUMNE COUNTY AND CALAVERAS COUNTY. THIS IS THE LIVE LOOK AT THE PG&E POWER OUTAGE MAP RIGHT NOW. ANYWHERE WHERE YOU SEE ORANGE, THOSE CHUNKS THAT MEANS BETWEEN 500 TO NEARLY 5000 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER. AND JUST BEFORE COMING ON AIR, PG&E DID CONFIRM THAT, YES, THESE OUTAGES ARE LIKELY BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVE WEATHER THAT WE’RE SEEING. TRACKING ALL OF THAT FOR US IS KCRA 3 METEOROLOGIST. DIRK VERDOORN. DIRK. IT’S LIGHTNING. IT’S THUNDER. YEAH. AND WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALL THE INGREDIENTS THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE WITH A THUNDERSTORM. BUT IT’S REALLY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WIDESPREAD. IT’S IN A NARROW BAND. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STRETCHING FROM THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS ACROSS STANISLAUS COUNTY ON INTO CALAVERAS AND TUOLUMNE COUNTIES IS WHERE WE’RE SEEING THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE. LET’S GO AHEAD AND ZOOM IN WHERE WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN ITS WAY THROUGH IS RIGHT OVER SONORA. I MEAN, JUST THE WHOLE SONORA AREA HAS BEEN GETTING SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS, LOTS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. AND THE FIRST FEW FRAMES, AGAIN, SOME AREAS OF PURPLE THAT DENOTE JUST SOME SMALL HAIL ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AND THEY’RE WORKING THEIR WAY RIGHT UP THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA ALONG HIGHWAY 108. AND MOVING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, WE GET INTO THE VALLEY. OAKDALE YOU’VE HAD SOME GOOD RAIN AS WELL AS RIVERBANK AT TIMES. AND THEN MODESTO, WE’VE HAD THUNDERSTORMS WORKING THEIR WAY RIGHT OVER MODESTO AND WE’RE STILL SEEING SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW. ALSO THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO POP UP OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS, WORKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS PATTERSON. AGAIN, LOTS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES, ALL HEADING TOWARDS KEYS RIGHT NOW. SO THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE THAT CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN AND ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN, WE’LL SEE LESS AND LESS ACTIVITY. CURRENT TEMPERATURES STILL WARM OUTSIDE IN THE 70S AND 80S. WE ARE EXPECTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COOLING OFF NICELY AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING. IT’LL BE A CLEAR START OUT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOOKING PRETTY MINIMAL. THAT’S THE LATEST HERE. NOW BACK OVER TO YOU, DIRK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SO MUCH OF THIS WEATHER STORY IS COMING FROM OUR VIEWERS. THIS IS ANOTHER LOOK AT A LIGHTNING STRIKE. THIS ONE IS FROM SAN ANDREAS. VIEWER EDITOR. STEWART SENT THIS ONE TO US. YOU CAN SEE THAT LIGHTNING HITTING DURING THAT BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT PINK SUNSET. WE ALSO HAVE MORE, MORE IMAGES. THESE FEW ARE OUT OF TURLOCK, WHERE VIEWERS SPOTTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE JUST BEFORE SUNDOWN AS WELL. SO THAT’S A REALLY UNIQUE SHOT. YOU CAN SEE THAT LIGHTNING JUST HITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SUNSET. WE ARE TRACKING THIS ACTIVE WEATHER FOR YOU. WE’LL HEAR AGAIN FROM A DIRK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. A REMINDER, YOU CAN ALWAYS TRACK THE LATE

Thousands of PG&E customers lose power in Calaveras, Tuolumne counties

Updated: 9:12 PM PDT Sep 9, 2023

Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties have lost power due to outages on Saturday. PG&E's service map shows clusters of outages as far north as Sheep Ranch and as far south as Aspen Valley. According to a PG&E spokesperson, in Calaveras County, there are approximately 8,800 customers affected and approximately 34,800 customers in Tuolumne County who do not have power. The restoration times vary depending on the location. Many of the outages are being caused by weather conditions, PG&E said. Heavy rain and lightning strikes have been detected on Doppler radar according to KCRA 3 meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn. Officials say they are working as safely and quickly as possible to restore power to affected customers.