About 9,000 people were without power in New Orleans on Monday morning, primarily Uptown, according to Entergy‘s outage map.

The bulk of the outage is on the riverside of St. Charles Avenue between Audubon Park and Napoleon Avenue.

The power went out around 9:30 a.m. and should be restored by 11:30 a.m., according to the utility company.

Entergy spokesperson Lee Sabatini said crews are onsite and the cause of the outage remains under investigation.

Traffic lights may not work

The outage includes several major thoroughfares – St. Charles Avenue, South Claiborne Avenue, Magazine Street, Tchoupitoulas Street, Jefferson Avenue and Napoleon Avenue.

If traffic lights aren’t working properly, drivers should treat the intersections as four-way stops.

See the latest power status via Entergy.

Bad weather on the way

The outage comes as New Orleans prepares for a strong cold front.

The front is forecast to bring severe storms to southeast Louisiana, with the possibility of tornadoes Tuesday afternoon into the evening.

The stormy weather is expected to arrive in New Orleans between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. See the full forecast.

Staff writer Ellyn Couvillion contributed to this story.

Carlie Kollath Wells is a breaking news reporter at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.