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Andrews Power Outages Caused by Weather

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March 12, 2019 - Tornado

A line of thunderstorms moved across Andrews County with small circulations called meso-vortices along this line. By 9:51 pm CDT, as the storm crossed Highway 385 south of Andrews, the presence of a hook echo was noted on radar. The survey team noted that damage extended from along County Road 2601 from SE 650 Road to SE 1000 Road, and then northeastward to just north of Hamrick Loop. The survey team also noted the majority of the damage coincided with the radar location of the meso-circulation and hook echo. The survey team determined that the damage was the result of a tornado. Damage to outbuildings, residential structures, power poles, and to a 300-foot transmission tower suggest that the most significant damage is indicative of a moderate to high end EF-1 tornado, with wind speeds estimated at 80-100 mph. The tornado was estimated to be 1/5 mile wide. Based on radar and damage information, it is believed that the tornado had a life span of 6 minutes, from approximately 9:55 pm to 10:01 pm. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

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January 1, 2015 - Ice Storm

Reports of 0.25-0.50 inch of ice accumulation with numerous trees and power lines down. From 1100 to 2300 LST on January 2nd, the Andrews Sheriffs Office had over 30 calls about power lines down. In some cases, trees laden with ice fell on the power lines and started fires.

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October 22, 2012 - Thunderstorm Wind

A thunderstorm moved across Andrews County and produced a strong wind gust which resulted in several trees and power lines being blown down. This wind gust is estimated to have been around 70 mph, and the cost of damage from the wind is a rough estimate.

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June 12, 2012 - Tornado

A severe thunderstorm moved across Andrews County and produced a tornado about an eighth of a mile east of Frankle City, TX. A National Weather Service employee spotted the damage at about 9:30 PM CDT. The damage consisted of one power pole bent at a 60 degree angle to the south of FM1967 with power lines about ten feet above the road. A power pole to the north of the first one was snapped, and another power pole was bent slightly. Based on radar data, the circulation was over the affected area around 8:58 PM CDT, and the tornado was rated an EF-1 based on the damage reported. Since no other damage was reported, the path length and time were an estimate.

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May 24, 2011 - Wildfire

This fire, known as the Derick Fire, burned around 25,000 acres in Andrews County and moved into portions of Martin County. The fire destroyed 110 power poles.

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February 19, 2004

A potent upper level storm system propagated east across the Southern Plains on the 19th, and resulted in severe mountain winds and damaging gradient winds in the northwest Texas Permian Basin. A wind gust of 94 MPH was recorded by an automated weather station at The Bowl in the Guadalupe Mountains, and wind gusts to 78 MPH were measured at the McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains. The Texas Mesonet recorded wind gusts of 57 MPH at Seagraves (Gaines County), with gusts between 50 and 55 MPH widespread. A tin roof was blown off of a building in the city of Andrews. Several power poles and lines were also blown down just southeast of Seminole. Gaines County officials reported visibilities reduced to near zero in some locations due to blowing dust.

October 1, 2002

Severe thunderstorms struck the northwest parts of the Permian Basin during the early evening of the 1st. The most intense storm was a supercell which moved from far northwest Andrews County across the western half of the Gaines County. This storm produced very large hail and damaging winds. Local newspaper reports indicate that crop and rural property damage was wide spread. The most intense damage began about 17 miles west of Seminole, just south of U.S. Highway 180, and continued north. Almost ninety power poles were blown down by the storm, and several thousand electrical customers were without power through the remainder of the night. Crop damage was reported to be substaintial, with five circles of peanuts destroyed along with 8,000 acres of cotton. Two additional severe storms moved across central Gaines County later in the evening. These also produced large hail. Close to 1,000 acres of cotton was also destroyed by these storms.The economical impact due to agricultural damage was reported to be significant, since crops could not be replanted so late in the growing season. The total estimated agricultural losses are in the one to one and a half million dollar range.

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Nov 10, 2022

At least two EF-3 tornadoes confirmed during deadly tornado outbreak in central US

Cleanup efforts and storm surveys will continue after severe thunderstorms spawned several powerful tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Friday.

Nov 6, 2022

Severe storms trigger tornado outbreak in central US

Powerful thunderstorms moved through the Southern Plains producing damaging wind, large hail and tornadoes.

Nov 5, 2022

Power outages restored in Andrews County | newswest9.com

There were over 3,000 power outages yesterday.

Oct 27, 2022

Power outages overnight affect thousands of Westhampton, Easthampton homes | WWLP Open Navigation Close Navigation

Homes in East and Westampton were without power last night due to the weather.

Oct 14, 2022

Thousands without power, crane blamed for large outage | KLBK | KAMC | EverythingLubbock.com Open Navigation Close Navigation

LUBBOCK, Texas — Thousands of homes and business were without power Monday afternoon in the greater Lubbock area. Shortly after 5:00 p.m., most of the outages were cleared up. “A crane made contact with an Xcel Energy line northeast of LP&L’s service territory,” Lubbock Power and Light said after the outage began. “The effect cascaded […]

Sep 19, 2022

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An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays that continued even after electricity was restored.

Sep 7, 2022

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Sep 6, 2022

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Aug 31, 2022

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Power outage (also called a power cut, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.

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Andrews, Texas

City Andrews
County Andrews
State Texas (TX)
Country United States
Zip Codes 79714

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