SHREVEPORT, La. - Thousands of SWEPCO customers across the ArkLaTex were without power Tuesday morning as storms pushed through the region. At the peak of the storm, there were about 29,000 outages across SWEPCO's three-state region with extensive damage initially in Texas. As the storms moved east, Louisiana also was impacted with Shreveport and Hornbeck areas experiencing significant damage. Currently, approximately 13,600 customers remain without power. In Texas, crews were able to quickly restore power to more than 16,000 customers by mid-afternoon Tuesday. The remaining outages in Longview and its surrounding areas are primarily due to downed wire and trees falling on power lines. Wind advisories are still in effect for the area, which may result in additional outages. Further north, many Texas communities, experienced heavy rain and damaging winds that tossed debris, including a trampoline that landed in a New Boston area power line. In Louisiana, damage in the Shreveport area largely includes downed trees and power lines. Some needed repairs in Many are within inaccessible areas that will require specialized equipment.
RESTORATION SCHEDULE
Arkansas 8 p.m. today
• Lockesburg
• De Queen
• Nashville
• Texarkana
Midnight, today
Ashdown
Louisiana 6 p.m. today
• Mansfield
10 p.m. today
• Bossier City
• Haughton
• Plain Dealing
• Shreveport
• Vivian
10 p.m. Wednesday
• Hornbeck
• Natchitoches
Texas
6 p.m. today
• Gilmer
8 p.m. today
• Mineola
10 p.m. today
• Kilgore
• Henderson
Midnight today
• Longview
• Gladewater
• Marshall
• Carthage
• Texarkana
• Atlanta
• New Boston
Noon Wednesday
• Mt. Pleasant
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STAY CONNECTED
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