Wind gusts as high as 60 miles per hour resulted in downed trees, broken poles and power outages across the area on Wednesday evening.
Storm Statistics:
- The storm moved through the area late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.
- Penelec-wide, about 27,000 customers were affected.
- As of 8 a.m. Thursday, about 1,450 Penelec customers are still without power.
- Locally, the Clearfield Operations area had a little more than 10,000 customers affected by the outages.
- The hardest hit areas included northern Cambria County, southern and eastern Clearfield County and southern Jefferson County.
- As of 8 a.m. Thursday, about 700 customers remain without power. There are more than 30 specific trouble locations to be addressed.
- Penelec crews spent Wednesday evening assessing the damage, isolating the trouble areas and sectionalizing the lines to restore power to 9,300 of the affected customers.
- There are 10 broken poles that have been identified. Temporary repairs have been made at several locations. Permanent repairs will be made over the next several days.
- Twenty additional crews from other Penelec areas will be arriving Thursday to assist with repairs.
- Pending any additional damage, Penelec hopes to have the majority of the remaining customers restored by midnight Thursday.
Penelec thanks customers for their patience and understanding while they work to restore power. Also you’re asked to please stay away from all downed wires, as they may be energized and dangerous.
Outages can be reported by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877).
