Power Outage in Kress, TX
Last report: March 29, 2022
Here's How to Report Power Outage in Kress
To report a power outage in Kress, Texas, located in Swisher County, please contact your local utility company using the following methods:
Swisher Electric Coop, Inc
Xcel Energy
Lighthouse Electric Coop, Inc
Contacts listed above can be used to report power outages in the following ZIP codes: 79052.
Recent Weather Related Causes of Power Outages in Swisher County
A shortwave diving southward on the east side of an upper ridge led to scattered thunderstorm development on the evening of the fourth across southeastern Kansas into the Oklahoma Panhandle. This activity congealed into a line of storms that moved south through the western Texas Panhandle and across the western South Plains producing isolated strong to damaging wind gusts. The Parmer County Sheriff's department reported that a carport was blown into powerlines due to strong winds. A little farther south a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Morton measured a wind gust to 59 mph. Additional thunderstorms developed around sunrise near an outflow boundary across Swisher County which produced one additional severe wind gust to 60 mph per the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Vigo Park.
July 05, 2021
Tornado. This is the beginning of an eventual wide and long tracked tornado that eventually moved into Randall County (WFO Amarillo). The tornado began on ranch land west-southwest of Happy and damaged mainly power poles and a few structures as it moved northeast.
March 13, 2021
Tornado. This EF-0 tornado was video recorded by storm chasers over rural areas of Swisher County east of Happy. The only damage observed were two broken power poles near the intersection of County Road B and County Road 16. This tornado crossed into Randall|County, where it was surveyed by WFO Amarillo.
March 13, 2021
Thunderstorm Wind. A large downburst toppled multiple trees from Tulia to roughly four miles west of Tulia. Some of these trees damaged power lines, fences and structures. The Swisher County Emergency Manager estimated the high winds lasted up to seven minutes.
June 08, 2017
Thunderstorm Wind. Along with very large hail, damaging rear flank downdraft winds from a high precipitation supercell struck many areas in northern Swisher County. A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet northeast of Tulia measured a wind gust to 67 mph at 1755 CST. Much of the monetary damage to buildings, vehicles and winter wheat was from the combination of wind and very large hail, although some power lines were downed in the town of Happy as reported by Fire Department officials. The majority of property losses are included in the hail event entry for Swisher County.
April 22, 2015