{"id":304418,"date":"2026-05-22T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304418\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:58:16","slug":"power-outages-continue-to-drop-across-coastal-bend-after-overnight-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304418\/","title":{"rendered":"Power outages continue to drop across Coastal Bend after overnight storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> More than 1,600 customers remain without power on Thursday afternoon, with Refugio and Nueces counties reporting the highest outages.<\/p>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 UPDATE #3<\/p>\n<p>Outage breakdown as of 1:20 p.m. according to AEP:<\/p>\n<p>Nueces County \u2014 573 outages | Estimated restoration: 5:30 p.m.Refugio County \u2014 791 outages | Estimated restoration: 5:30 p.m.San Patricio County \u2014 203 outages | Estimated restoration: 7:30 p.m.Aransas County \u2014 96 outages | Estimated restoration: 9 p.m.Jim Wells County \u2014 11 outages | Estimated restoration: 10:30 a.m.Kleberg County \u2014 5 outagesLive Oak County \u2014 5 outages | Estimated restoration: 4 p.m.                    <\/p>\n<p>Power outages continue to decrease across parts of the Coastal Bend Thursday morning following overnight storms and heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>According to AEP\u2019s outage map, as of 9:55 a.m., Nueces County reported 1,681 outages with an estimated restoration time of 3 p.m. Aransas County reported 421 outages with restoration expected by 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Kleberg County reported 528 outages with an estimated restoration time of 10:30 a.m., while San Patricio County reported 222 outages with restoration expected around 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Wells County reported 20 outages with restoration estimated by noon. Live Oak County reported 16 outages with restoration also expected by noon.<\/p>\n<p>Crews continue working across the region as rain and wet road conditions remain possible throughout the morning.<\/p>\n<p>As of 6 a.m. here are the latest outages along with restoration times. 3,155 outages reported in the following counties.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Wells County \u2014 2,262 \u2014 12 p.m.<br id=\"isPasted\"\/>Kleberg County \u2014 527 \u2014 9:30 a.m.<br \/>Nueces County \u2014 7,755 \u2014 12 p.m.<br \/>Aransas County \u2014 37 \u2014 12 p.m.<br \/>Live Oak County \u2014 22 \u2014 12 p.m.<br \/>San Patricio County \u2014 100 \u2014 12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Another round of rain and thunderstorms moved across the Coastal Bend Thursday morning, leaving thousands of residents without power and prompting flash flood concerns in parts of South Texas.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/outagemap.aeptexas.com\/?address=78415&amp;c=ExternalVisibility&amp;o=County\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AEP Texas\u2019s outage map<\/a>, the largest number of outages was reported in Jim Wells County, where 2,262 customers were without power, with an estimated restoration time of noon.<\/p>\n<p>Kleberg County reported 527 outages with restoration expected by 9:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nueces County had 207 outages with an estimated restoration time of noon, while Aransas County reported 37 outages.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain also led to flash flooding concerns in Alice and Kingsville as storms continued moving through the area Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The outages come after several days of rain and thunderstorms across the Coastal Bend this week. Drivers are urged to use caution on wet roads and avoid flooded streets.<\/p>\n<p>AEP crews continue working to restore power as additional rain chances remain in the forecast. Check out map outages in your county, <a href=\"https:\/\/outagemap.aeptexas.com\/?address=78415&amp;c=ExternalVisibility&amp;o=County\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 1,600 customers remain without power on Thursday afternoon, with Refugio and Nueces counties reporting the highest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-304418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}