MID-SOUTH — UPDATE: 1:20 P.M.
Entergy Mississippi is reporting 4,975 outages.
The majority are in Lincoln and Pike counties.
Across Arkansas, over 11,000 customers do not have electricity, mostly in the central region of the state.
Power has been restored to most MLGW customers at this time.
10 customers are still without power.
UPDATE: 12 P.M.
Over 20,000 outages are reported in Mississippi at this time, according to poweroutage.us.
Outages are mainly affections in the southernmost areas of the state, from Hattiesburg to the Louisiana state line.
Numbers have no changed across Arkansas.
In Shelby County, MLGW is reporting 100 customers without power, mostly in an area of North Memphis.
UPDATE: 10:15 A.M.
7,706 Entergy customers are without power across Mississippi.
Over 13,000 customers have no power in Arkansas.
MLGW is reporting 183 customers without power, mainly affecting the Midtown area and an area in North Memphis.
UPDATE: 7:45 A.M.
Entergy Arkansas is reporting over 15,000 customers without power.
Over 9,000 Entergy customers are without power across Mississippi.
40,000 are without power across the state, according to Governor Tate Reeves.
Be careful when out and about this morning Mississippi - we are monitoring reports of road closures, downed trees, and significant flooding. 40,000 without power! Our team is out surveying damages statewide.
— Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) April 10, 2021
Stay safe and God bless!
In Memphis, 97 customers are without power, according to MLGW.
The outages are primarily affecting the Midtown area.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Over 23,000 people and businesses are without power after severe storms and damaging winds blew through the Mid-South Friday night.
As of 6 a.m., Entergy is reporting 13,855 people in Arkansas without power.
In Ouachita County, over 6,000 customers have no electricity.
Report an Entergy outage by calling 1-800-968-8243 (1-800-9OUTAGE).
The storms brought heavy rain, strong wind gusts and lightning.
A rope tornado was spotted by a FOX13 viewer in Nebo, Ark. in northwest Gibson County. At this time no outages are reported in the county.
Checkout this video @NWSMemphis @NWSLittleRock rope tornado near Nebo, AR in NW Gibson County. 🎥 Alicia Wright. @FOX13Memphis @joeysulipeck #ARwx pic.twitter.com/WkSYbd9avF
— Yasser A. Kishk (@yakishk) April 10, 2021
In Mississippi, over 10,000 are without power.
The most heavily affected area is Pike County, where over 3,000 have no electricity early Saturday morning.
The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for parts of North Mississippi Friday evening.
Tornado Warning now in effect for parts of Union, Tippah, Lee county until Apr 09 7:30PM. Seek shelter immediately and tune into Fox 13! Track the storms here https://t.co/gsL4rcs9Pk pic.twitter.com/mi0qxR19be
— Joey Sulipeck FOX13 (@joeysulipeck) April 10, 2021
Extremely dangerous in Blue Springs, MS! pic.twitter.com/BoLQ6UlYOD
— Joey Sulipeck FOX13 (@joeysulipeck) April 10, 2021
In Tennessee, much of the FOX13 viewing area was under severe thunderstorm warnings as heavy rain and lightning moved in.
This morning, MLGW is reporting no power outages.
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