Power Outage in Andrews, NC

A tree was blown down onto power lines in Belleview near Highway 129, trapping a driver in his car.

A vehicle was struck by a falling tree near the intersection of Airport Road and Love Road. No injuries were reported after EMS visited the scene. There was an additional report of a tree and power line down in the county.

Law enforcement personnel reported numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind in Andrews.

Amateur radio personnel reported trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds along with numerous tree limbs down around Andrews.

Several trees and power lines were reported down around the Hiwassee Dam area.

Utility company personnel reported one tree and several powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds northwest of Murphy.

Dispatch reported a large tree downed on powerlines by thunderstorm winds in Andrews.

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree at Andrews and numerous powerlines countywide.

Numerous trees and powerlines down across the highest elevations.

Several trees and powerlines down in Andrews.

Several trees and powerlines down across the eastern third of the county.

A few pulse severe thunderstorms developed across northeastern parts of the region including Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee at mid afternoon. Following this development, a more organized line of storms that formed along an outflow boundary that moved out of South Central Kentucky and Middle Tennessee onto the Cumberland Plateau and continued southeast across much of Central East and Southeast Tennessee.|The mode of severe weather was straight line wind which ended up downing numerous trees and power lines.

A strong low pressure system moved north across Middle Tennessee. The extremely tight pressure gradient between this low and an area of high pressure over the eastern seaboard caused powerful, damaging southeast winds to blow across the Southern Appalachian Mountains affecting this mountain chain and the adjacent foothills in the Great Valley.

Several trees and powerlines were reported down across the southern third of the county.

Several trees and powerlines were reported down across the county with a concentration noted in the western part of the county.

Several trees and power lines were reported down one mile west of Murphy.

A few trees were reported down on power lines two miles east of Murphy.

A low pressure system spread moist air above a cold air mass in place at the surface across southwest North Carolina creating a mixture of freezing rain and sleet over the region. Much of the area ended up with ice accumulation around one quarter inch. The weight of the ice downed trees and power lines.

Several trees were reported down on power lines four miles west northwest of Murphy.

Several trees and power lines reported down by utility company.

Several trees and power lines down across the west portion of the county.

Strong winds behind a cold front uprooted trees and downed power lines.

Power lines down.