BPU customers without power down to under 5,400

Board of Public Utilities customers without power as of 9:10 a.m. Sunday, June 18, were 5,378, according to the BPU’s power outage map.

Two storms, one on Friday night and one on Saturday night, resulted in power outages across Wyandotte County.

Outages totaled around 9,000 at 10:50 p.m. Saturday, after hitting a high of about 13,000 around 10:08 p.m. Saturday, after the storm.

BPU customers may report power outages to 913-573-9522, and water service problems to 913-573-9622.

Power outages also may be reported online on the BPU’s website at www.bpu.com.

Customers without power could be over 9,000 in KCK

Following a storm that moved through Wyandotte County earlier tonight, the Board of Public Utilities outage map stated around 10:50 p.m. that the number of customers without power was over 9,000.

Earlier, the outage map said about 13,000 customers were without power about 10:08 p.m. June 17. The outage areas were all over Kansas City, Kansas, according to the map.

An updated number showed that at 10:27 p.m., the number of BPU customers without power was a little over 9,800.

At 7:42 p.m. June 17, the number of BPU customers without power had been reduced to 3,055, according to the outage map.

At 11:35 a.m. June 17, the number of BPU customers without power was 6,569, according to the outage map.

More than 5,000 customers were without power following last night’s storm.

BPU customers may report power outages to 913-573-9522, and water service problems to 913-573-9622.

Power outages also may be reported online on the BPU’s website at www.bpu.com.

In other weather-related news, Wyandotte County has been placed under a flood advisory for small and urban streams until 12:15 a.m. Sunday.

BPU outage map around 10:08 p.m. June 17.
BPU outage map around 10:52 p.m. June 17.

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for northern Wyandotte County

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Wyandotte County and surrounding areas.

It is in effect until 9:15 p.m. Saturday. Residents should move to the lowest floor in their building, away from windows.

The storm could have ping-pong sized hail and 60-mile-per-hour winds.

At 8:28 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was near Easton, Kan., about 9 miles west of Leavenworth, moving east at 40 mph, the weather service said.

For more information, visit www.weather.gov.