Utility crews address aftermath of storm in Pierce County as wet and windy weather passes
Scattered power outages continued to leave some Pierce County residents in the dark Tuesday morning as utility crews address the mess left behind by Monday’s windstorm.
Six roads remained closed due to downed trees and utility lines, and travelers were advised to use caution on 10 roads still seeing water over the roadway, according to the Pierce County road status map.
Utility crews are continuing to respond to power outages caused by Monday’s weather, Puget Sound Energy said in a statement just before midnight. At the time, 45,800 customers were still without power. The utility company said it has restored more than 167,400 outages since the storm began.
Nearly 300 customers were still without power near South Prairie due to damage caused by trees or vegetation, according to PSE’s outage map. Power was estimated to be restored by 2 p.m. In Buckley, about 177 customers were experiencing an outage, which was estimated to be restored by 4 p.m.
The utility company said flooding, road closures and downed trees in some areas were making it difficult for crews to access what they need to restore power.
In Tacoma, no power outages were reported as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to Tacoma Public Utilities’ outage map.
Tacoma and Pierce County will see some relief from the wet weather Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, Tuesday will be mostly sunny with a high temperature near 48 degrees.
Rain is likely to return Thursday, and there’s a possibility it will remain into the weekend. The chance of precipitation Thursday is 70 percent, and new rainfall between a quarter inch and a half inch is predicted.
Locations of road closures:
- 5308 44th Street East: A tree was down on utility lines..
- 22nd Avenue East and 156th Court East: A tree was down on utility lines.
- 249th Street East and Orville Road East: A tree was leaning on utility lines.
- 25312 Brooks Road East: A tree was leaning on utility lines.
- Bayview Road Northwest and Vanslke Road Northwest: A tree was down.
Use caution on these roads:
- 11812 8th Avenue East: Flooding was reported.
- 149th Street South and C Street South: Water was reported over the road.
- 14919 62nd Avenue East: Flooding was reported.11517 89th Avenue Court East: Water was reported over the road.
- 136th Avenue East and 119th Avenue East: Water was reported over the road.
- 16609 110 Avenue East: Flooding was reported.
- 11517 89th Avenue Court East: Water was reported over the road.
- 159th Avenue East and 176th Street East: Water was reported over the road.
- 150th Avenue and 188th Street East: Water was reported over the road.
- 224th Street East and 154th Avenue East: A tree was reported down.
- 24416 Buckley Tapps Highway: Water was reported over the road.
- 76th Street Southwest and Key Peninsula Highway Southwest: Flooding was reported.
- Clay City Road at Ohop Creek: Flooding was reported.
This story was originally published November 16, 2021 at 8:15 AM.
