Power outages climb in southwest, central Virginia from Friday storms

UPDATE: 5:25 p.m.: Residents of southwest Virginia are continuing to lose power as severe weather spreads throughout the region.

Appalachian Power has the following outages reported in these localities:

Roanoke County: 3,028 customers due to 54 outages.
Roanoke City: 469 customers due to 33 outages.
Carroll County: 2,598 customers due to 56 outages.
Grayson County: 609 customers due to 17 outages.
Montgomery County: 2,324 customers due to 68 outages.
Franklin County: 43 customers due to 10 outages.
Floyd County: 84 customers due to 24 outages.
Giles County: 445 customers due to 31 outages.
Botetourt County: 66 customers due to seven outages.
Wythe County: 2,916 due to 55 outages.
Bedford County: 2,204 customers due to 45 outages.
Pulaski County: 4,108 outages due to 49 outages.
Bland County: 2,139 customers due to six outages.
Patrick County: 1,390 customers due to 58 outages.
Pittsylvania County: 55 customers due to five outages.
City of Radford: 61 customers due to two outages.
Henry County: 1,203 customers due to 48 outages.
Campbell County: 320 customers due to 18 outages.
Appomattox County: Fewer than five customers due to one outage.
Amherst County: 7,609 customers due to 40 outages.
Nelson County: 106 customers due to seven outages.
Lynchburg: 4,493 customers due to 46 outages.
Botetourt County: 299 customers due to 14 outages.
Craig County: 302 customers due to 2 outages.

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UPDATE 1:19 p.m.: As of Friday afternoon, nearly 4,500 Appalachian Power customers in southwest Virginia are now without power following this week’s severe thunderstorms.

Appalachian Power reported the following power outages:

Roanoke County: 1,164 customers due to 28 outages.
Roanoke City: 439 customers due to 17 outages.
Carroll County: 51 customers due to five outages.
Grayson County: 247 customers due to four outages.
Montgomery County: 204 customers due to 13 outages.
Franklin County: 36 customers due to 10 outages.
Floyd County: 72 customers due to four outages.
Giles County: Less than five customers due to one outage.
Botetourt County: 59 customers due to three outages.
Wythe County: 2,013 customers due to five. outages.
Bedford County: 65 customers due to 15 outages.
Pulaski County: 39 customers due to two outages.
Bland County: Seven customers due to two outages.
Patrick County: 10 customers due to five outages.
Lynchburg: No reported customer outages.
Amherst County: Less than five customers due to one outage.
Pittsylvania County: Less than five customers due to one outage.

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(WFXR) — More than 3,400 Appalachian Power and Danville Utilities customers are dealing with outages Friday morning following some severe weather around southwest Virginia.

As of 7:58 a.m. on Friday, June 17, Appalachian Power says at least 2,878 customers are without power in the following localities:

Roanoke County: 844 customers due to 24 outage cases
Roanoke City: 612 customers due to 16 outage cases
Carroll County: 318 customers due to three outage cases
Grayson County: 288 customers due to one outage case
Montgomery County: 140 customers due to 13 outage cases
Franklin County: 119 customers due to 21 outage cases
Floyd County: 89 customers due to nine outage cases
Giles County: 80 customers due to three outage cases
Botetourt County: 76 customers due to four outage cases
Wythe County: 70 customers due to three outage cases
Bedford County: 65 customers due to 14 outage cases
Pulaski County: 59 customers due to seven outage cases
Bland County: 54 customers due to three outage cases
Patrick County: 20 customers due to three outage cases
Lynchburg: 17 customers due to one outage case
Amherst County: 16 customers due to one outage case
Henry County: 11 customers due to one outage case
Pittsylvania County: Less than five customers due to one outage case

According to the company, crews are still assessing the conditions for many of these outages — especially the ones that took place within the last few hours — but the cause listed for the largest outages is tree contact.