Power Outage in Florence, AL

Thunderstorm Wind. A bow echo from an embedded supercell within a line of thunderstorms intensified and produced a long-lived and at times wide swath of wind damage as it entered the Shoals, including Florence and Killen, to the east central part of Lauderdale County north of Elgin. Widespread wind damage occurred in south, southeast and eastern Florence to Killen, becoming more sporadic further east. Wind speeds of 60-65 mph occurred in much of this area, with a few gusts of 80-90 mph in a few locations. One of the hardest hit locations was between Killen and Florence where the entire roof was taken off of antique mall, a sign was blown out at a church, and roofing was taken off of a fire station. Trees, power poles and power lines were taken down in numerous locations, stormwater and gas lines were damaged, and debris and utility restoration costs were extensive. Schools buses were damaged, parks were damaged with extensive cleanup. A significant number of residences experienced damage due to falling trees. Damage, cleanup and repair costs are in the millions of dollars.

March 24, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. A bow echo from an embedded supercell within a line of thunderstorms intensified and produced destructive winds in a narrow swath of north and northeast Florence.|Wind speeds of 60-65 mph occurred in much of this area, with a few gusts of 80-90 mph in a few locations. Trees, power poles and power lines were taken down in multiple locations. Trees were knocked down onto multiple homes and vehicles. The Seven Points district and areas just north and northeast of the University of North Alabama campus were hit particular hard. Along this long swath, a significant number of trees, power lines and power pols were knocked down. Many residences experience minor to severe damage from trees falling onto their homes or vehicles.

March 24, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. The roof was torn off of the El Politos restaurant. Multiple trees and power lines were also knocked down along Chisholm Road.

March 24, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. A power line was knocked down.

March 24, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. A narrow swath of very high winds knocked down trees, power lines, uplifted roofing at multiple residences, and destroyed a well constructed outbuilding/detached garage.

March 24, 2023

Muscle Shoals, AL (5:09 PM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Out… https://t.co/9NWEBblofU

@grid_events - March 02, 2023 23:30

Outage Alert: 02/21/2023 11:30 PM Florence Utilities Electricity Department crews are working to restore a power ou… https://t.co/pWGYhZWAZB

@Florence_FED - February 22, 2023 05:33

Outage Alert: 01/03/2023 11:15 AM Florence Utilities Electricity Department crews are responding to multiple power… https://t.co/8zxkKngeTj

@Florence_FED - January 03, 2023 17:18

Florence, AL (7:30 AM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outage e… https://t.co/y94lUx9JSs

@grid_events - December 24, 2022 13:45

ROLLING POWER OUTAGES THIS MORNING https://t.co/YEd2yxpgJE https://t.co/XHneGC47re

@colbert911 - December 24, 2022 11:31