About 3,353 Penelec customers in Crawford County remain without electricity as of 2:30 p.m. Monday, the electric company reports.

Centerville Borough, North Shenango and Venango Townships are areas with more than half of the customers affected.

Power is expected to be restored by 11 p.m. Wednesday at the latest, according to Penelec. Some areas may be restored as early as Monday evening.

Northwestern REC reports about 161 members are still being impacted by power outages as of 2:15 p.m. Monday after restore a large line outages in the Geneva area.

Its crews have replaced more than 25 broken poles since early Saturday morning.

EARLIER: A number of state roads in Crawford County remain closed, and thousands of residents remain without power after strong storms and heavy wind swept through the county Saturday.

Trees and wires came down in almost every one of the county's 51 municipalities, according to public safety officials.

Downed trees and wires caused the following state road closures:

  • Hartstown Rd./Main St./Mercer St. closed between Linesville Road in North Shenango Township and intersection of LC for Hathaway Road in West Fallowfield Township due to wires with transformers down in the middle of the road
  • US 322 closed between Bush Road in West Shenango Township and Turnersville Road, West State Road in West Shenango Township due to wires and transformers down in the middle of the road
  • Magee Rd./Five Corners Rd./Mageetown Rd./Freemont St. closed between 0408 (PA – 408) – Main Street in Townville Borough to Lincoln Avenue in Townville Borough due to wires and trees down in the middle of the road
  • Atlantic Rd. closed between Leach Road in East Fallowfield Township to Lake Road in Greenwood Township due to multiple trees with wires down
  • Church St./Plank Rd.) closed between Zimmerman Road in Venango Township to Tobin Road in Venango Township due to trees down with wires
  • US 6 closed between Airport Road in Pine Township to Erie Street in Linesville Borough due to trees down with wires
  • US 322 closed between Powell Road in East Fairfield Township to the other end of Powell Road in East Fairfield Township due to trees and power lines blocking the road
  • US 19 closed between Bailey Road, Krider Road in Vernon Township to 0285 (PA – 285) in Greenwood Township due to trees and wires down
  • Price Rd. closed between Dibble Hill Road in Woodcock Township to Gravel Run Road in Woodcock Township due to trees down on wires
  • US 322 closed between McCracken Road in East Fairfield Township to Creveling Road, Townhouse Court in East Fairfield Township due to trees down with wires
  • PA 77 closed between Sportsman Road in Sparta Township to 0089 (PA – 089) Church Run Road in Sparta Township due to power line down

As of Sunday morning, 5,521 Northwestern REC and 15,953 FirstEnergy customer were without power in Crawford County.

 
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A main transmission line from the Springboro area to the Morgan Street substation in West Mead Township is down, according to public safety officials. They expect the restoration of that line to resolve many of the FirstEnergy outages.

People are asked to stay away from downed wires and damaged utility poles.

Many patients who rely on home oxygen may run low or run out of oxygen due to the lack of power. Those in need of supplemental oxygen should contact their home oxygen service provider. City of Meadville residents can also contact Evan Kardosh, EMS Coordinator, at 814-720-4401.

Public safety officials are asking you not to call 9-1-1 to ask about power restoration; customers should call their electric utility provider directly:

The City of Meadville is working with Active Aging and American Red Cross personnel to open a warming station at Active Aging, 1034 Park Ave. Another warming station is open at the Linesville Volunteer Fire Department, 200 Penn St.