Thousands without power in Camden County following damaging winds

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Severe thunderstorms knocked out power for more 10,000 homes in the lake area on Saturday.

The Camden County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that there are downed power lines and trees across the county. The post asks people to avoid downed power lines and to notify the communications office.

At 11:50 p.m. Saturday, the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives statewide outage map showed more than 10,000 members were without power in Camden County, more than 900 in Miller County, more than 2,000 in Benton County and nearly 4,000 in Morgan County.

By 11 a.m. Sunday, Camden County had dropped to a little over 3,000 members without power. In Morgan County, more than 2,400 were still in the dark. All are with Co-Mo Electric Cooperative.

More than 1,000 members in Osage County were also experiencing outages Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service also had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Camden County until 3 p.m. Saturday, and a watch that expired at 7 p.m.

Cole County, southern Boone County, Moniteau County and many others in Mid-Missouri are under a warning until the late afternoon and a thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Damaging winds and ping pong-sized hail could be possible.

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