(KMZA)--A cut AT&T fiber line is blamed for a 911 system outage that affected several Kansas counties--including locally, Nemaha.

The Nemaha County Sheriff's Office sent out a text alert early Saturday evening advising of the outage and urging residents to call the department's administration number in case of an emergency.

The Sheriff's Office sent out another text alert around 8:30 Sunday morning advising that Nemaha County's 911 system was back in service.

At least 10 other Kansas counties 911 systems were affected by the outage.