After a utility pole snapped in two on Highland Trail, Diverse Power employees Ben Bowley, left, and Matt Phillips, had to cut up the remainder of the pole and move the downed transformer before a new pole could be brought in.

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Diverse Power employee Ben Bowley uses a chainsaw to cut the damaged utility pole into manageable pieces. It was estimated that between 10-15 houses in the Highland Trail area had lost power due the down pole and transformer.

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Diverse Power employee Matt Phillips prepares the fallen transformer to be lifted from the site.

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Diverse Power reacted quickly to potentially deadly situations due to downed utility poles, wires and transformers as the result of Wednesday’s severe weather. Matt Phillips hooks cables to the fallen transformer as Ben Bowley, in bucket of truck, gets ready to move it.

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With Ben Bowley at the controls, the fallen transformer is safely removed from the site.

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With Wednesday’s severe weather, Diverse Power crews were kept busy throughout the area. The crew on Roanoke Road were attending to damaged electrical equipment.

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A few downed trees and power lines, along with scattered power outages, was all the damage Troup County felt from a line of severe storms that swept through the area Wednesday afternoon.

The southeastern tip of the county was under a tornado warning from about 2:45 to 3:15 p.m., along with a severe thunderstorm warning for part of that time. A funnel cloud was reported in the area of Bartley Road, but was never confirmed, Troup County 911 dispatchers said.

The storm warnings did force schools to activate their emergency plans and have students and staff take shelter. The Troup County Government Center also evacuated staff and visitors into hallways and away from windows.

Diverse Power said there were about 1,100 power outages at the height of the storm, mostly in Harris County. The company had erroneously said there were 4,000 without power Wednesday. Everyone had power restored this morning.

The city of LaGrange had only minor, scattered outages.

“We were lucky,” said LaGrange utilities director Patrick Bowie.

The Pine Mountain area appeared to get the brunt of the storm that spawned the warnings for Troup County. A spokeswoman for Callaway Gardens said there was no damage at the facility.