Severe storms left more than 6,400 CPS Energy customers dealing with power outages in San Antonio on Thursday night. The outage count climbed within minutes as lightning and rain moved through the area, and the first measurable rain of the month fell with the storms.
At 7:54 p.m., CPS Energy said more than 5,200 households and businesses lacked power, mostly on the far northwest side past Loop 410. By 8 p.m., that total had risen to over 6,400 customers, showing the disruption was still spreading while the storm line moved through the city.
Loop 410 outage area
The earliest outage report put the biggest concentration on the far northwest side past Loop 410. That location gives a practical signal for affected customers: the outage was not citywide at first, but clustered in one part of San Antonio before the count expanded.
The numbers also show how fast the situation changed. The gap between 5,200 households and businesses at 7:54 p.m. and more than 6,400 customers by 8 p.m. points to a storm-driven outage that was still developing in real time, not settling down.
Comalander Stadium delay
Frequent lightning also delayed the start of the high school football season at some arenas. Kickoff at Comalander Stadium had been scheduled for 7 p.m. before the delay, adding another immediate disruption for people trying to move through Thursday night plans while storms were active.
Georgia Power outages report offers another example of how quickly utility counts can shift during weather events, but the San Antonio outage was already large enough to affect thousands of households and businesses before 8 p.m.
Thursday storms in San Antonio
For customers in the hardest-hit area, the key issue now is simple: the outage had already grown by more than 1,200 customers in a few minutes, and the storm itself was still driving the damage. That makes the far northwest side the part of San Antonio to watch first as crews move through the evening.
The storm also brought the first measurable rain of the month to the area, a detail that marks how dry conditions gave way quickly once Thursday storms arrived. Anyone without service was left waiting for the utility to bring the count down after the rapid climb that started just before 8 p.m.
