Tomball power outage hits fire stations, schools Tuesday morning

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A power outage Tuesday morning affected some schools, fire stations and other facilities in Tomball.

It’s unclear at this time what caused the power outage, but it has since been restored.

Police dispatch & fire stations

The City of Tomball said police dispatch and all Tomball fire stations were operating on generator power due to the outage, but there was no interruption to emergency services.

Around 9 a.m., they said power was restored and operations returned to normal.

City Hall

City Hall administrative offices and the Community Center were closed until power was restored.

Around 9 a.m., the city said operations had returned to normal.

Lone Star College

Lone Star College says the start time for classes and operations at Lone Star College-Tomball, LSC-Creekside Center and LSC-Tomball Health Science Building was delayed until 11 a.m.

Concordia Lutheran High School

Concordia Lutheran High School in Tomball canceled classes on Tuesday due to the outage.

The school wrote on social media, "Estimates indicate that power would not be back on until later this morning, and unfortunately this means that we would not be able engage classroom instruction and school related activities until power is restored. This decision was made in the best interests of the safety of all members of our community. We will be facilitating student pick up for students currently on campus and will remain with any students until they are able to be picked up this morning. The next update regarding afternoon activities and the opening back up of campus will occur around noon today."

The Source: The information in this article comes from the City of Tomball, Centerpoint's outage tracker, and various social media pages.

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