Strong storms rocked the Middle Tennessee Electric service territory Tuesday (3/21/17) evening causing numerous power outages and broken poles. In all, more than 8,500 members were without power at various times during the evening, but line crews from the cooperative worked hard to restore power as soon as it was safe to do so.

In total, there were 10 broken poles, four in Rutherford County, five in Cannon County and one in Williamson County.

Here is a by county breakdown of MTEMC's outages:

Williamson County:

Total Number of Members Affected: 125

Total Number of Outages: 12

Causes: Weather, trees

Synopsis: Williamson County members experienced primarily weather related outages including a broke pole and trees coming in contact with lines.

Rutherford County:

Total Number of Members Affected: 6,142

Total Number of Outages: 46

Causes: Weather, trees

Synopsis: Rutherford County had a number of broke poles, three of which were in the Barfield Road area. Crews worked into the night to restore power to all members who were out, and successfully replaced all of the broken poles.

Cannon County:

Total Number of Members Affected: 2,235

Total Number of Outages: 22

Causes: Weather, trees

Synopsis: Cannon County members reported numerous broken poles and trees on, and in contact with, lines.

Wilson County:

Total Number of Members Affected: 8

Total Number of Outages: 5

Causes: Weather

Synopsis: Wilson County members saw the least amount of impact from the storms. Weather was the main cause of the small outages, and after crews restored power to those out, they were able to lend assistance to the Cannon County crews.

"When conditions are at their worst, our crews are at their best," said Chris Jones, MTEMC president/CEO. "I am proud of the work our line crews, engineers, systems control operators and contract crews did to restore power to those members who were out after this storm."