5:10 P.M. UPDATE:
Gusty winds are the primary reason for power failures involving Entergy Arkansas customers in parts of the state Wednesday, a company spokesman said.
Agency spokesman Sally Graham said the windy conditions caused damage to several power lines and in certain areas resulted in downed wires.
In Pulaski County, Little Rock's Otter Creek neighborhood and rural areas to its west saw the brunt of power failures. The number of outages at one point in the afternoon had affected an estimated 4,800 customers.
By 5 p.m., the number of customers affected in the county had dropped to around 1,400, according to Entergy's outage map.
Graham said additional Entergy crews were called to assist and will continue to restore power to customers in the dark throughout Wednesday evening.
Entergy Arkansas estimates that much of the residents affected will have power restored by 8 p.m.
In the Otter Creek area, lights will likely be back on by 7:10 p.m., Graham said.
Customers are advised to check the utility company's outage map for updated restoration times.
3:55 P.M. UPDATE:
The number of power failures in Pulaski County has fallen to more than 3,200, Entergy Arkansas reported shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday.
According to the company's outage map, Little Rock's Otter Creek neighborhood had the highest concentration of failures in the county, with more than 700 customers in that area in the dark.
EARLIER STORY:
More than 4,300 Entergy customers in Pulaski County were in the dark as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the utility company’s outage map.
The power failures were concentrated in western portions of the county including Little Rock's Otter Creek neighborhood.
Entergy spokesman Sally Graham said crews were working to restore power to the affected areas as of around 2:20 p.m., with estimated restoration times between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The cause of the power outages was not immediately known, Graham said.
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