Nearly 60,000 customers around metro Denver were without electricity Wednesday afternoon as winds whipped to 90 mph around the Front Range.
As of 8:30 a.m on Thursday, there were 429 outages affecting 10,215 customers in the metro area, according to Xcel’s outage map.
The worst outage is near Sloan’s Lake and in Lakewood, with 1,726 customers impacted. Most outages lasting overnight were on the west side of town, where the wind was the strongest.
Xcel said Thursday morning that 50,000 customers have had their power restored with about 6,900 customers around Denver still without power.
“We have over 475 employees and contractors working today to safely restore power as quickly as possible and we thank our customers for their patience,” Matt Lindstrom from Xcel said.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder reported gusts up to 91 mph just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
And just like that, peak gusts have now hit 91 mph at the NCAR Mesa Lab, and 81 mph at the National Wind Technology Center!
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Officials are still tallying all the damage done by the storm.
Xcel Energy customers can report outages in several ways:
- Via the Xcel Energy mobile app available on iOS and Android
- Online at xcelenergy.com/out
- Text ‘OUT’ to 98936 to report an outage, or text STAT to the same number to check the status of a power outage.
- Call 1-800-895-1999 and follow the prompts — the automated phone reporting system lets customers report outages in less than 60 seconds. Once the cause of the problem is identified, the system or an Xcel Energy representative will provide customers with an estimated restoration time.
- An outage map for Xcel customers in Colorado
