May 25, 2024
12:20 p.m.
As of noon, outage numbers are now down to 312 customers without power, about 98% of the original 17,000 customers who lost power at the height of the storm on Friday morning. Crews continue to work as safely and quickly as they can to restore those remaining customers.
The remaining outage restoration can take longer as crews will now be working on some of the areas that have seen extensive damage and in crowded spaces. Mutual aid crews are also assisting OPPD crews in restoration efforts for the remaining outages.
We appreciate our customers’ patience as we work to bring everyone back online.
May 24, 2024
8:25 p.m.
Crews have restored power to 95% of customers who lost power during the morning storms. There are now 837 customers without power. Crews continue to work to bring power back to those impacted and we appreciate our customers’ patience as we work through adverse conditions in our restoration efforts.
4 p.m.
Our crews continue to make good progress on restoration work after this morning’s severe storms. We’ve now restored power to 86% of the customers who lost electricity this morning, and we’ll continue working to recover those who are still in an outage.
Right now, we have a little more than 2,300 customers who are still without power, down from a peak of more than 17,000 earlier this morning. More than 1,000 of those outages are in Washington County, plus more than 800 in Sarpy County and a few others scattered in different parts of our service territory.
We thank everyone again for their patience. Our troubleshooters, line crews and many others in supporting roles have had a long week restoring power after several big storms. We appreciate your support.
12:40 p.m.
Crews were able to restore an entire circuit in the Blair area and part of another circuit in that area bringing a number of customers back online in an area that was especially hard-hit during the early morning storm.
There are now about 5,450 customers without power and about 68% of the 17,000 customers who lost power at the height of the storm have been restored.
We will continue posting updates here as they become available.
10:45 a.m.
OPPD crews have restored power to about 60% of those who lost power in this morning’s storm that hit our service territory. There are now 6,923 customers without power, most of whom are in Washington County. At the height of the storm, more than 17,000 customers were without power.
We are working to get assistance from local mutual aid crews to help in our restoration effort. As a reminder, when crews come in and clear trees to restore power, it is the homeowner’s responsibility to dispose of that debris.
And we’ve received reports of trees on power lines and power lines down in some areas. Please stay away from any downed lines you encounter and assume they are live, high-voltage, and extremely dangerous. You can contact us by online or by calling 1-800-554-OPPD (6773). You can also call 911 to report the hazard.
The safety of our customers and crews is our highest priority.
6:20 a.m.
OPPD crews have restored power to nearly 3,000 customers in north and west Omaha in the last half hour. Like other outages, downed tree limbs have been the cause of the majority of outages seen with this morning’s storm. There are 12,151 customers without power currently. We will continue to post updates here as we get them.
5:40 a.m., May 24, 2024
We’ve restored power to nearly 500 customers in Washington County, south and west of Blair.
Our crews found poles and wires down on County Road 28, west of Highway 30. Some customers on that circuit are still out, however, and crews continue to work to help them. We’ll post more updates as soon as we get them.
5:25 a.m., May 24, 2024
We’ve restored power to 540 customers near Ashland.
Our crews found tree limbs fallen across a three-phase power line. They were able to remove those limbs and restore the circuit. Right now, they’re double-checking to make sure all customers on that circuit are receiving power.
5:15 a.m., May 24, 2024
We’re now up to slightly more than 17,000 outages in nine counties.
Our current totals are 7,196 outages in Douglas County; 6,926 in Washington County; 2,215 in Sarpy County; 478 in Saunders County; 148 in Dodge County; 35 in Cass County; 16 in Richardson County; 11 in Burt County; 10 in Otoe County; and three in Nemaha County. That’s a total of 17,038 in our service territory.
These numbers will likely fluctuate throughout the morning. Our metro-area and rural troubleshooters, line crews and many others are already hard at work to restore power to customers as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for your patience.
4:15 a.m., May 24, 2024
We’ve received reports of trees on power lines and power lines down in some areas. Please stay away from any downed lines you encounter and assume they are live, high-voltage, and extremely dangerous. You can contact us by online or by calling 1-800-554-OPPD (6773). You can also call 911 to report the hazard.
3:50 a.m., May 24, 2024
Reported outages are now up to nearly 17,000 in nine counties, with 12 circuit lockouts in addition to scattered power outages. The counties with the highest totals of impacted customers are Washington, followed by Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders, and Nemaha. We have called in all of our metro and rural troubleshooters to respond to the impacted areas.
We expect outage numbers to fluctuate as people wake up this morning, realize they have lost power and report it to us. If you experience a power outage and have not already reported it, please be sure to do so online or by calling 1-800-554-OPPD (6773).
As a reminder, if you should come across downed power lines, always assume they are live, high-voltage and extremely dangerous. Stay far back and call us or 911 to report the hazard.
We will continue to report information here as we learn more.
3:10 a.m. – Between circuit lockouts and scattered power outages, we now have nearly 15,000 customers without power as a fast-moving storm is moving through our area.
2:50 a.m. – Severe weather is kicking up across multiple counties, and we currently have 11 circuit lockouts, with strong wind, rain, and lightning impacting our service territory.
At this time, we have reports of 12,188 customers without power. And that number is likely to keep rising until this weather system passes. The following areas are among the locations where we have circuit lockouts:
- State Hwy 91 to Dutch Hall Rd., between Fremont Expressway and County Rd. 21 (1063 customers, reported at 2:11 a.m.)
- County Rd. G to Furnas St., between Platte River and County Rd. 10 (540 customers, reported at 2:16 a.m.)
- County Rd. 4 to County Rd. 28, between County Rd. 25 to County Rd. 3 (312 customers, reported at 2:22 a.m.)
- State Hwy 91 to Dutch Hall Rd., between County Rd. 36 and County Rd. 19 (719 customers, reported at 2:22 a.m.)
- County Rd. 5 to State Highway 91, between the Missouri River and County Rd. 7 (544 customers, reported at 2:25 a.m.)
- County Rd. P-16 and County Rd. 24, between Missouri River and County Rd. 27 (2,099 customers, reported at 2:25 a.m.
- Jackson St. to West Center Rd., between 120th and 139th streets (1,141 customers, reported at 2:28 a.m.)
- Nebraska St. to County Rd. 39, from Hwy 75 to 23rd St. (1,416 customers, reported at 2:29 a.m.)
- Meredith Ave. to Wirt St., between 30th St. to 45th St. (1,797 customers, reported at 2:38 a.m.)
- Potter Rd. to Harlan Dr./Hwy 379, between Lincoln Rd. and Betz Rd. (1,003 customers, reported at 2:49 a.m.)
Our crews are investigating and will be responding to each of these areas to troubleshoot as conditions are safe to do so. If you experience a power outage and have not already reported it, please be sure to do so online or by calling 1-800-554-OPPD (6773).
As a reminder, if you should come across downed power lines, always assume they are live, high-voltage and extremely dangerous. Stay far back and call us or 911 to report the hazard.
We will post updates here throughout this weather and outage restoration event as we learn more. Please stay safe!
