GREAT BEND-It didn’t last long but the entire city of Great Bend went black Monday night after a power outage took down the grid just after 10:00 p.m.

Chris Huber, District 6 Superintendent with Wheatland Electric in Great Bend, says it’s unknown what caused the power outage.  Officials suspect the outage  was caused by a downburst of wind that took down poles along Sunflower Electric’s 115-transmission line that feeds electricity to the City of Great Bend.

“I stepped outside, didn’t think it was much of a storm and the lights went out. I don’t know what caused it,” said Huber.

“I keep hearing we had a downburst of wind.  Sunflower’s main transmission line lost four poles, so we had to get our guys out so we could isolate and get the load around so we could pick the town back up. With the help of 911 letting us know that there were poles down, we were able to find the problem and get it repaired”

The outage lasted approximately thirty minutes. All power was restored to the city by 11:00 p.m.