Update: Power restored to all Franklin PUD customers. Some school events still canceled
Here’s a running list of closures, outages and traffic hazards from the high winds today in the Tri-Cities.
Sustained wind speeds of 21 to 23 mph are forecast in the Tri-Cities through 10 p.m., with gusts up to 32 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Send photos of the weather, or weather-related hazard information, to news@tricityherald.com.
Power has been restored to all of Franklin PUD’s customers, the company tweeted at 5:05 p.m. As many as 13,000 Pasco residents were without power for up to 2 hours, as five of Franklin PUD’s substations were down, which also caused outages to traffic signals.
POWER RESTORED TO ALL CUSTOMERS. Thank you to our customers for your patience and thank you to all of our community partners for helping us keep everyone updated and safe. If you are still without power - call our outage line at 542-5300.
— Franklin PUD (@franklinpud) March 28, 2018
4:20pm UPDATE: Franklin PUD has restored power to most of our affected schools. McClintock STEM Elementary and Franklin STEM Elementary are still without power, however. McClintock has cancelled their play that was scheduled for tonight. pic.twitter.com/0c9g1Suwlr
— Pasco Schools (@PascoSD1) March 27, 2018
An outage has knocked out power to a large number of Franklin PUD customers in west Pasco. The outage has affected several schools on the west side. Students are being dismissed at normal time but the buses may be a little behind schedule because many stoplights have lost power. pic.twitter.com/MGoyz9c1BY
— Pasco Schools (@PascoSD1) March 27, 2018
UPDATE on Pasco Power Outage: The suspected cause is a transmission line failure which feeds Franklin PUD substations. Five substations are down, leaving 13,000 customers without power. We are working hard to restore power and will continue to update you as we get more info.
— Franklin PUD (@franklinpud) March 27, 2018
Some schools are canceling sports this evening in Benton County.
SB for today has been cancelled/wind and air quality with the dust
— Southridge Athletics (@Southridge_Suns) March 27, 2018
Varsity will make it up on Thursday at 5pm vs. Kenn.
JV/C makeup on April 10th. DH
Softball games at Kamiakin are cancelled for today Drive safely! Tentatively scheduled for Thursday, 3/29 #GoBombers pic.twitter.com/eGsIg4EJwP
— RHS Bomber Softball (@RHSBombSoftball) March 27, 2018
Track at Desert Hills Middle School in Kennewick, which involves Park, Highlands and Stevens middle schools, are postponed with no makeup announced.
The weather station on top of the school reported a windspeed of 52 mph before the event was called off.
Chinook, Horse Heaven Hills and McLoughlin middle school track at Chinook Middle School in Kennewick has been moved to tomorrow.
Several other Chinook sports were canceled too. (Scroll down the link to see the list.)
Pasco’s Kingspoint Christian School also canceled at 3:15 p.m. because of the power outages.
Check back for updates.
Dustin Brennan: 509-582-1413, @Tweet_By_Dustin
This story was originally published March 27, 2018 at 3:45 PM with the headline "Update: Power restored to all Franklin PUD customers. Some school events still canceled."