Powerful winds arrived in Chautauqua County shortly before 3:30 p.m., downing trees and limbs and knocking out power to hundreds of customers.

At one point, county dispatch reported having more than 30 calls backed up for a variety of downed trees and utility poles.

In the city of Jamestown, Mayor Eddie Sundquist said, “We have widespread power outages across the City. BPU teams are working to reconnect. Please stay home, stay safe. I’ll update residents along the way.”

According to National Grid’s Power Outage Map, there are more than 900 customers without power in the North Harmony, Clymer and Busti area and 600 customers in the French Creek area.

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 4:30 p.m. while a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect until 6 p.m. and a high wind warning in effect until 1 a.m. Monday.

There were reports of trees down in Bemus Point in addition to utility lines down in Forestville and Sherman.