Utahns wake up to power outages statewide as strong winds impact Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — More than a thousand Utahns woke up without power across the state as strong winds and stormy weather moved in.

Around 5:30 a.m., Rocky Mountain Power’s outage map reported nearly 1,800 customers throughout the state had lost power. A majority of those were centered in the Salt Lake valley, where power outages were reported in Murray, West Valley, Holladay and Cottonwood Heights, among others.

Other power outages were reported in Vernal, Brigham City, La Sal and Enterprise.

The main outages were attributed to strong winds, according to Rocky Mountain Power.

The National Weather Service said strong winds with gusts hitting above 60 miles per hour were expected throughout Utah as winter weather rolled into the state. Winds were mainly forecasted to impact the southwest and west desert, including the Tooele County area, where more than 13,700 Rocky Mountain Power customers lost power on Monday night.

The power company restored the power outage in Tooele County around 1 a.m. on Tuesday.

Rocky Mountain Power estimated the remaining outages throughout the state could be restored before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday as crews continue to make repaires to the network.

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