Power restored after storm with winds, rain moves through York County, SC
About 1,500 customers had power restored after being without electrical service Thursday night in York, Chester, and Lancaster counties in South Carolina, as a storm with high wind and rain moved through the area, according to officials and utility providers.
The outages came as the National Weather Service said the area was under a tornado watch until 10 p.m.
All three utilities that serve the area reported service restored.
York Electric Cooperative initially had more than 1,300 outages as of 7:30 p.m., according to its outage map and utility vice president Marc Howie.
The outages were spread around York County from Lake Wylie southeast to Rock Hill and other areas of western York County.
Duke Energy reported less than 100 outages in the three counties. However, there were thousands of outages to the west in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties, and to the north in Mecklenburg and Union counties in North Carolina, according to Duke’s outage map.
The City of Rock Hill utilities department map showed around 150 outages Thursday night.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch Thursday afternoon for most of the Charlotte region that extends through 10 p.m.
A tornado watch means thunderstorms have conditions capable of producing tornadoes. The severe thunderstorm warning issued by the weather service was for most of York County.
The York County Office of Emergency Management sent out social media alerts about the tornado watch.
No tornadoes had been reported, according to officials.
Emergency management officials advised people to be mindful of the danger of fallen electrical lines and trees.
This story was originally published January 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM.
