Power Outage in Wishek, ND

A power pole was snapped.

Multiple days of freezing fog led to rime ice accumulation on power lines. This led to 707 services and three substations loosing power in the McIntosh, Logan, and Emmons County areas. McIntosh County was hardest hit with the loss of eight power poles.

Power outages occurred throughout the county. The power cooperative that serves mainly rural portions of McIntosh County reported 15-three phased poles near Lehr were snapped, along with multiple other poles and lines. 1,050 meter-services in rural areas experienced outages which are served by nine substations. The investor owned utility which serves many of the communities reported multiple primary and secondary feeds down, with some communities going without power until December 29.

Wind gusts up to near 50 mph combined with falling snow and existing loose snow cover to create widespread blizzard conditions across McIntosh County. The strong winds and blizzard conditions resulted in additional downed power lines and delayed the repair of existing downed power lines. The total estimated damage from this storm (January 18th through January 25th) was over two million dollars.

A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow spread north across the local area. Precipitation eventually changed over to all snow, with up to three inches of accumulations reported by Saturday morning. Hazardous travel conditions and continued power outages resulted.

A prolonged period of freezing fog along with periods of freezing drizzle resulted in moderate to heavy ice accumulations on power lines. This caused several overhead power lines and power poles to snap, resulting in scattered power outages across the county.

A mixture of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow greatly impacted travel across the county. A storm total snow amount of six inches was reported. Power outages were reported in rural areas of the county during the storm.

Tree's and power lines reported down.