Who has power? See latest storm outages from Kentucky Utilities, Blue Grass Energy

A line of cutting storms swept Central Kentucky Tuesday morning, bringing with it damaging winds, rain, tornadoes and a slew of power outages.

While skies were clearer by 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, there were several reports of damage across Lexington, including a woman injured after a tree fell on her home. Across the state, six tornadoes had been confirmed as of Wednesday morning.

As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, a number of power outages were still reported in Lexington and several other cities. Kentucky Utilities was reporting 104 events across its coverage region, with an estimated 6,176 customers without power. That number dropped from more than 12,000 customer affected around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Blue Grass Energy outages have been falling as well, with just a handful of events remaining Wednesday afternoon, affecting 44 customers.

PowerOutage.us, another online tracker, reported approximately 4,244 people are without power in Fayette County as of 2 pm. Wednesday, and 13,292 across Kentucky. More than 30,000 statewide were without power in the immediate aftermath of the storm.

Counties with outages reported throughout Tuesday included Fayette, Franklin, Anderson, Woodford, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Union, Montgomery, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Boyd, Ballard, Powell, Menifee, Bath and Carlisle.

If you’ve lost power at your home or business and are wondering about your neighbors, restoration time or how to report downed lines, we’ve rounded up some information.

Below are outage maps for the Lexington area, including one from Kentucky Utilities Co., and links to find maps for Blue Grass Energy and multiple Kentucky electric cooperatives.

Kentucky Utilities Co.

To see this map on the KU website, click here. Customers can report a power outage by texting “OUTAGE” to 454358, calling 800-981-0600, by logging into their online account or with KU’s mobile app.

Blue Grass Energy and other co-ops

Blue Grass Energy is reporting outages via map online here. Members can report an outage online or by calling 888-655-4243.

For other electrical co-ops serving Kentucky, find the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives outage map here. Members must report outages directly to their co-op.

Kentucky Power

Kentucky Power, which has about 163,000 customers in 20 Eastern Kentucky counties, said more than 12,000 customers lost power Tuesday when high winds moved through the region.

Crews were able to restore service to more than half during the day, but power remained out to about 5,700 customers Wednesday morning, according to the company. The outages were concentrated in Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence and Martin counties.

The storms caused significant damage, including more than 75 broken utility poles and more than 70 spots with spans of wire down, the company said in a release. Winds topped 90 miles per hour, according to Kentucky Power.

Crews from out of state will join the repair effort Wednesday, but the work to restore power to all customers will likely continue through the end of the week, the company said.

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This story was originally published April 2, 2024 at 10:13 AM.