Update: Widespread Power Outages Reported in Mendota Heights Area

Early morning storms in the metro area hit northern Dakota County particularly hard. 

Power outages have been reported at a variety of locales around town including , where basketball camp has been canceled and buildings are closed for the day; , where power was restored around 11 a.m.; and several clusters around town including one in the Delaware Avenue and Highway 110 area. 

West St. Paul and just south of the High Bridge are showing the deepest concentration of outages. 

Xcel Energy has posted this updated message on their outage map:

Severe thunderstorms that moved through the Minneapolis metro area early this morning caused significant damage to our electric system. Throughout the event, about 80,000 customers were impacted. Currently, about 20,000 customers remain without power. We are expecting the vast majority of customers to be restored by 11 p.m., Wednesday, June 20. Additional severe weather is expected later today and may cause restoration estimates to change.

An earlier message from Xcel read:

A line of severe thunderstorms rolled through the metro areas of Minnesota this morning, Tuesday, June 19, causing several outages. We expect to restore service to the vast majority of customers by 11 p.m., Wednesday, June 20.

Is power out at your business or residence? Did you fire up the laptop batteries to read this or leave your home this morning in darkness? Report your location and any other storm damage in the comments. Also, be sure to share when power comes back on.

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