A high impact weather system blew through central and southern Alabama overnight, prompting tornado warnings for Mobile and Baldwin Counties, heavy winds due to squall lines, and one of the two heaviest power outages nationally according to poweroutage.us.
Residents of Alabama and Washington State are waking up the worst electricity blackouts in the nation, according to poweroutage.us. Close to 65,000 Alabama utility customers were in the dark, as of 6 am this morning. The State’s problems were due to a severe weather system that blew through overnight, prompting tornado warnings in Mobile and Baldwin Counties. Damage was reported as far north as Cullman County, where high winds knocked trees onto a home with three children inside. There are no reports of injuries.
Early reports from poweroutages.us put Washington County, north of Mobile, with 71% of local utility customers without service this morning. Over 16,000 residents of Mobile woke up in the dark this morning, with Baldwin County faring better with 5,000 home and businessowners without power. Both counties were under tornado warnings as a heavy squall line blew through overnight. Outages farther north were smaller, with Tuscaloosa County at just under six thousand homes and businesses without electricity.
Power outages north of Tuscaloosa County are reportedly light.
Editor's note— As of 10 am, poweroutage.us reports just over 43,000 Alabama homes and businesses without electricity. Just under 10,000 for Mobile County.
