power outage

Winds hit 86 mph at roughly 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to the weather service website.

More than 2,000 are without power as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to Rocky Mountain Power.

High winds are in the forecast for at least the next day.

The outages come as Casper's still-green trees are laden with snow from a winter storm that's moving through Wyoming.

K2 Radio News will continue updating this story as we learn more.

Rocky Mountain Power reports, as of 7:22 AM that they have crews in the field and are making repairs.

As of Thursday morning, virtually all residential members have had their power restored, the cooperative said.

Customers living in the 82633 and 82201 zip codes are affected.

K2 Radio News has reached out to Rocky Mountain Power.

Most customers had power restored within a couple of hours.