Large portions of Hays were without power for approximately two hours overnight in an outage lasting from about 2 to 4 a.m.

According to Midwest Energy spokesman Mike Morley, the cause of the outage was a downed ground wire on a wire in the west part of town, in vicinity of 36th and Vine. The outage, which began at 1:55 a.m., is believed to be related to strong winds associated with the system that pushed through the area overnight.

Just more than 3,100 customers were affected by the outage. Crews were dispatched and rerouted the power, which brought most customers back online by 3:50 a.m.

As of 10 a.m. Tuesday, the line was repaired and all Hays customers were with power, Morley added.