UPDATE: Gibson Electric Membership Corporation continues to resolve outages

UPDATE: Gibson Electric Membership Corporation has restored power to the majority of their affected members after Friday afternoon storms.

As of around 5 p.m. Friday, the utility provider was down to one outage in Crockett County and three between Obion and Lake counties.

Crews will continue to work until all outages are resolved.

Earlier story:

GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — More than 1,900 Gibson Electric Membership Corporation members are without power after Friday afternoon storms.

According to the utility provider, the thunderstorms have caused outages for 1,945 members’ homes and businesses in the southern part of the cooperative’s service area.

There are currently 10 outage locations scattered throughout Gibson and Crockett counties.

Members can report an outage by calling Gibson EMC’s Outage Hotline at 1-800-977-4076 or by using the free “Gibson EMC” mobile app.

Members can track outages in real-time through the co-op’s website at http://outagemap.gibsonemc.com/ or through the mobile app.

Gibson EMC also provides outage updates through its Gibson EMC Facebook page.