Less than 200 MLGW customers are affected by a power outage late Wednesday morning, after roughly 8,000 residents were without power at one point Tuesday after several circuits went offline.

MLGW advised on twitter that  in any emergency situation, whether it's a tornado, ice storm, earthquake or flood, you need to be prepared for the possibility of temporary power outages.

MEMPHIS, TN- (WMC-TV) – Tornado sirens are intended to warn us when a twister is eminent, but sirens in your neighborhood may sound during a storm even when there's real threat to that area. For most residents in Shelby County, the sirens sound county-wide, no matter where the twister is actually headed and history shows that may cause more harm, than good.

When a tornado hit Joplin, MO, it killed 160 people.

"We know for a fact people died because they didn't pay attention because the sirens go off all the time," said Action News 5 meteorologist Dave Brown.

It was the same story when deadly tornados ripped across Alabama last April.

In most counties, including the majority of Shelby County, anytime there is a tornado warning anywhere in the county, sirens sound all over.

"So the next time the sirens blow, people pay no attention and this happens over and over again," Brown said.