High winds and torrential rainfall overnight interrupted electric service to some 1,300 Greeneville Light & Power System customers and submerged several northern Greene County roads.

Reports indicated that wind conditions apparently turned out to be not as severe as during another high-wind event last week.

However, there were several trouble spots throughout the county and widespread problems caused by heavy rainfall.

GL&PS had anticipated wind damage and crews were on standby to deal with outages.

Greeneville Light & Power System Operations Manager Chuck Bowlin said electric service to all but about 200 of the 1,300 affected customers had been restored by 8 a.m. today.

Electric power was lost in the Mosheim area about 11 p.m. Tuesday when a large tree fell onto power lines along Blue Springs Parkway near Mosheim School.

Some 200 customers remained without electric service there as of about 8 a.m. today, Bowlin said. GL&PS hoped to have power restored in the Mosheim area by mid-morning.

About 7 p.m. Tuesday, GL&PS crews were called to the Cedar Creek area where a tree branch had fallen onto a power line, triggering a power outage that initially affected 566 customers.

"We were able to restore service in that area in about half an hour," Bowlin said.

Greene County Road Superintendent David Weems said County Highway Department employees worked until about 2 a.m. today clearing fallen trees from Old Mountain Road in southern Greene County.

"We had four or five trees down on that road," he said.

Wind gusts in the Camp Creek School area were measured at about 70 mph at about the time the fallen trees were reported on nearby Old Mountain Road, Weems said.

Also in the Camp Creek area, Patricia Hale said high winds overnight blew one stall from her six-stall barn at 490 Bishop Loop.

"It blew away the front wall, the end wall and part of the roof," Hale said this morning.

Her husband discovered the damage when he went to feed their horses this morning. None of the horses were injured, she said.

Road Superintendent Weems said the Highway Department had received no additional reports of downed trees.

High water from Lick Creek was being reported across county roads in northern Greene County.

Barkley Road, John Graham Road, Charlie Doty Road and Doty's Chapel Road all were said to be covered in part by flood waters from Lick Creek, Weems said.

High water was expected to move down Lick Creek during the day today as the result of heavy overnight rains, Weems said.

At the University of Tennessee's Research and Education Center off East Allens Bridge Road, Director Robert Ellis reported that 1.38 inches of rainfall had been recorded for the 24 hours that ended at 7 a.m. today.

Wind conditions apparently turned out to be not as severe as they were during another high wind event that took place last week.

The National Weather Service office in Morristown announced this morning that a high wind warning has been canceled but reported that a wind advisory remains in effect until 7 p.m. tonight.

The weather service said southwest winds of 25 to 35-mph would prevail today and could gust as high as 50 mph.

"Damage to trees and power lines is likely, the weather service said.

A warning was issued to motorists to be aware of the possibility of strong, gusty crosswinds, especially persons driving high-profile vehicles on north-south roads.

A wind advisory means that winds of 26 to 39 mph and/or gusts of 40 to 57 mph are expected, according to the weather service.