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There was no break from the storms this past week as over 1,000 residents were without power Sunday.

The line of thunderstorms made its way through Middle Tennessee in the afternoon on Sunday, May 25, and just like the previous week’s storms, it brought with a severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties. The wind from the storm system knocked down multiple trees and power lines, leaving residents without power for several hours.

According to data from FindEnergy.com, an independent organization that publishes power outage data, 1,208 out of 19,158 tracked meters in Franklin County, or 6.31%, were without power. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed there were several trees and powerlines down all over the county.

According to Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC), the storms left over 5,300 customers without power in Franklin, Moore, Maury, Marshall and Marion counties, calling the situation “all hands on deck.” Of all the counties, DREMC said Franklin County was hit the hardest.

“The majority of these outages were caused by high winds and heavy rain that toppled large trees outside of DREMC’s right-of-way and across power lines, bringing down lines, breaking multiple poles, and damaging other electrical equipment,” DREMC officials said. “The hardest hit area is Franklin County, although damage was reported across many of the counties served by the cooperative.”

Following the storms, DREMC said it had restored power to the majority of its customers by Monday morning, with the exception of about 100 customers in the Estill Springs area. DREMC thanked the crews and contractors for making repairs throughout the night.

“We are also thankful for the DREMC team for their amazing efforts, hard work, and dedication over the past 14-plus hours working to restore outages,” DREMC officials said. “Many trees had to be cleared by the right-of-way crews before construction crews could go to work.”

DREMC also thanked its customers for their patience, support and prayers as the team worked through the storm and restored power.

The photo is courtesy of DREMC.