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Large power outage hits Ameren customers in Montgomery County

August 16, 2022 5:57 PM

Published August 16, 2022 4:22 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

More than 1,500 Ameren Missouri customers in Montgomery County were without power Tuesday afternoon.

The utility's outage map reported the power cut at about 3 p.m. At about 4:15 p.m., 1,572 customers remained without power. Power was restored before 6 p.m.

Ameren said it had a crew at the scene working on the outage emanating from the Montgomery City substation.

Storms moved through Mid-Missouri overnight into Tuesday, with some packing heavy rain. It wasn't immediately known if weather contributed to the outage. Storms dropped 1.29 inches of rain at Sanborn Field in Columbia.

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