UPDATE: Gibson Electric Membership works to restore power after storms

UPDATE:

GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Gibson Electric Membership Corporation released an update late Thursday night.

The corporation says, as of 10 p.m., there are still 29 outage trouble spots. But adds that crews from from Southwest Tennessee Electric and Service Electric have restored service to all but 662 members.

Gibson EMC says this storm hit just as they were recovering from the last storm.

“When today’s storm hit we were finally finishing up the last of the outages from the severe weather that pounded the northern part of our service area early Tuesday morning,” said Barry Smith, VP of Engineering and Operations.

Gibson EMC says the outage number was nearly 6,500 at 7 p.m.

EARLIER STORY:

GIBSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Gibson Electric Membership Corporation has confirmed outages throughout their 12-county coverage area.

The hardest hit areas are in south Gibson County, north Madison County and Crockett County, according to a news release.

The release says there were 24 outage locations and about 2,237 members without power as of 5:50 p.m. Thursday, May 6.

Crews are working to restore power in those areas.

Residents are asked to stay away from broken poles, fallen power lines, and trees touching fallen lines because those may be energized and dangerous.