Power Outage in Williamsburg, KY

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Last report: March 16, 2025

Here's How to Report Power Outage in Williamsburg

To report a power outage in Williamsburg, Kentucky, located in Whitley County, please contact your local utility company using the following methods:

Cumberland Valley Electric Inc

Jellico Utilities

Contacts listed above can be used to report power outages in the following ZIP codes: 40769.

Recent Weather Related Causes of Power Outages in Whitley County

High Wind. Dispatch reported multiple trees and powerlines down in Williamsburg and throughout Whitley County, beginning around noon.

April 01, 2023

High Wind. The Williamsburg Airport AWOS recorded a peak wind gust of 51 knots (59 mph) at 1:15 AM EST on the 31st. Numerous gusts in excess of 40 mph were recorded between 11:55 PM EST, March 30th and 2:35 AM EST, March 31st. A local utility company reported that the winds had blown multiple trees onto power lines along Hightop Rd (approximately 2 miles SE of Rye) and snapped two 3-phase power poles.

March 31, 2022

Heavy Snow. After a period of mixed precipitation and limited impacts during the morning hours of the 16th, periods of heavy, wet snow fell through the afternoon and evening. The heaviest measured storm total was 9.0 inches at a CoCoRaHS site 7 miles southwest of Corbin. The public reported 7 and 8 inches near Youngs Creek and Faber, respectively The heavy, wet nature of the snow led to power outages at some locations.

January 16, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Trees were reported having fallen on power lines along Kensee Hollow Road.

December 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Trees have fallen onto powerlines along Hightop Road just south of Laurel River Lake.

December 11, 2021

Power Outage Related Posts on X from Williamsburg, Kentucky

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@grid_events - July 21, 2022 09:15

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@grid_events - March 23, 2022 17:00

Power outage for whole neighborhood 1:36 AM EST power restored at 1:44 AM EST but it might go out again https://t.co/zL05qM5FnM

@carterburton569 - January 17, 2022 06:57

Just sitting here and boom hail storm and power outage. https://t.co/yiJCsCfp1M

@NerdyPam - July 30, 2021 00:06