Multiple power outages reported in south-central Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Power is being restored after thousands of households in Simpson County were impacted by a lightning strike.

That’s according to Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation’s online outage viewer, which showed nearly 2,300 outages Tuesday evening.

Warren RECC stated it had a transmission line out in the Franklin area due to the lightning strike.

In addition, Butler County has a reported 84 outages, while Edmonson County has roughly 26.

According to Bowling Green Municipal Utilities online outage viewer, around 67 Bowling Green households were without power.

You can view BGMU’s web viewer here, while Warren RECC’s web viewer can be viewed here.