Storms cause power outages in area

Powerful thunderstorms resulted in numerous power disruptions and downed trees over the weekend in Howard, Pike and Hempstead counties.  At one point Saturday night, around 200 customers, mainly in the Nashville and Center Point areas, were without electricity as a result of the storms.  Several outages were also noted in the Murfreesboro and Blevins areas.  A majority of the outages were restored by late Sunday afternoon.

A strong cold front was responsible for triggering the storms.  Saturday’s high was 92 degrees, which set a new record for the date.  For the 24 hour period ending at 7 o’clock Sunday morning, Nashville recorded 2.85 inches of rain, which was also a record amount for the date.  The heat, storms and heavy rain was followed by sharply cooler temperatures yesterday, with highs for Sunday being confined to the 60’s.  Although that’s not a record for the date, yesterday’s temperatures were about 20 degrees below normal.