Lightning Strike Blamed For Tahlequah Power Outage

<p>Tahlequah Public Works Authority reported half of the community was without electric service for about an hour and a half Saturday morning.</p>

Saturday, September 6th 2014, 9:45 am

By: News On 6


Tahlequah Public Works Authority reported half of the community was without electric service for about an hour and a half Saturday morning. 

A person who answered the phone at TPWA told News On 6, a lightning strike on a transformer caused the outage.  

A police dispatcher said electric service was restored just after 9 a.m. 

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