Planned electrical outage in Abernathy Thursday night - KCBD

The outage is planned, not an emergency, and the city expects it to last no more than an hour. For people on that block, the short window matters most if you have medical equipment, food in a chest freezer, or a security system that doesn't run on backup power. Anyone with questions can reach the Water Utility Emergency line at 806-778-6424, Hale County Non-Emergency at 806-296-2724, or Lubbock County Non-Emergency at 806-775-1400.

Abernathy sits about 25 miles north of Lubbock, and a one-hour planned outage is about as routine as utility work gets, but for the handful of blocks affected, midnight is a worse time to lose power than noon.