Jamestown (CSi) – High winds Tuesday evening caused large areas of Jamestown to be without electricity shortly after 10pm Tuesday evening.

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Jamestown Police Department said the power appeared to be out for the entire city for a short period.

Woman trapped in elevator

Another large power outage Weds noon

Reports had areas of SE Jamestown,  central downtown business section (including Historic Franklin School), as well as parts of NW Jamestown, from 5th St NW past the fairgrounds without electricity.    Customers of Northern Plains Coop north of the Fairgrounds and west of the reservoir were also left in the dark.

Ottertail crews worked to isolate the problems.   The deep SE came back on after 10 minutes,  the downtown area started coming back on by 10:30.

Historic Franklin (CSi) had gone automatically to backup generator during the outage.

For more information tune to The Wayne Byers Show Weds morning at 8:25am on CSi 2.

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Daylight showed a number of tree branches felled by the high wind, along with more significant tree damaged that in some cases caused some street blockage.

A utility pole snapped in two near 6th Avenue and 4th street Northwest. A power line was on the ground with personnel from Jamestown Fire Department and Otter Tail on the scene. It was likely that power was rerouted until morning when workers could auger in a new pole in daylight

Another utility pole was down near 5th Avenue and 5th Street NE near the Legacy Living Center.

A large old tree on the boulevard in the 200 block  of 7th Street Southwest was blown over and completely blocking the street.  It fell on to two parked vehicles.

Report trees that are blocking the street to the city.

The Jamestown Weather Station reported a peak wind gust Tuesday evening of 49 mph in the 11-p.m., hour.

Valley City Electrical Supervisor Marshall Senf says customers in the Northeast part of the city were without power for about 90 minutes Tuesday evening after strong wind gusts pushed power lines together causing the outage.   The Valley City airport recorded a wind gust of 41 mph at 1:15 a.m., on Wednesday.

More than 100 Cass County Electric customers were also without power near Pillsbury, North Dakota.

Winds surpassing 60 mph caused damage and concerns across North Dakota.

The high winds on Tuesday damaged trees and caused power outages in the western part of the state, and prompted some oil rigs to shut down to ensure the safety of workers and equipment.

A golf course in Bismarck also closed. In the Minot area, the winds blew over trailers on U.S. Highway 83 and a semitrailer on U.S. 52.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative reported that some of its wind turbines shut down automatically because wind speeds surpassed a 55 mph limit.