High wind cuts Dayton power Monday
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The Downtown Business District was dark for about an hour and a half when powerful, sustained high wind caused a power outage Monday afternoon.
DAYTON–The town went dark for about an hour and a half Monday afternoon, November 15, due to high winds roaring through the Pacific Northwest causing a tree to fall on power lines.
Sustained winds in the Touchet Valley were clocked at around 43 miles per hour, according to Jim Smith at the National Weather Service office in Pendleton, Ore. The winds were the result of a strong cold front that moved through the region Monday afternoon and evening.
A tree on Wagon Road took down power lines, according to Lori Wyman, Community Manager for Pacific Power in Walla Walla, cutting power to 897 customers.
Linemen cleared the tree, replaced fuses and reset the breaker at the substation, Wyman said.
Stations reporting to the National Weather Service indicate the highest speed was 77 m.p.h. 10 miles northwest of Benton City. Pendleton and Kahlotus recorded 68 m.p.h. It was blowing 58 m.p.h. in Clyde, 43 in Touchet and 40 in Prescott.
