Thousands lose power in Mid-Missouri; severe storms leave damage in multiple counties
CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Thousands of customers lost power across Mid-Missouri as severe storms moved through the area and set off multiple tornado warnings.
Nearly 4,000 Boone Electric Cooperative customers were without power as of 5:35 p.m. According to the outage map, the outages are happening near Hallsville and Columbia. Emergency managers also sent out public alerts about multiple storm damage reports.
According to the Ameren outage map, 1,870 customers are without service south of Columbia near Ashland, Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks.
One person was injured in Callaway County following reports of a tornado in Callaway County earlier Sunday afternoon. A second line of storms later left behind damage in Columbia.
According to Lt. Curtis Hall, with the Callaway County Sheriff's Office, deputies found damage to a home on County Road 362. One resident suffered minor injuries from the storm, Hall said.
An ABC 17 News reporter on scene saw a home with its roof partially missing, and several residents working to clean the area.
The National Weather Service report map shows two reports of high wind damage near Guthrie. The damage was reported near roads Y and J, with one roof partially peeled off a home.
Fulton's tornado sirens experienced a "technical malfunction" and needed repairs after the first line of storms passed through, according to a news release from the Callaway County Office of Emergency Management.
The North Callaway Fire Protection District warned Sunday evening of trees and lines down across roads and water pooling over Interstate 70 between Boone County and mile marker 144. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a tree on Highway 54 near Auxvasse.
The same storm system had earlier set off tornado warnings in the Lake of the Ozarks area, including Camdenton.
The second round hit the Columbia area around 5 p.m. after crossing the Missouri River from Moniteau County, where a 61 mph storm gust was reported in California, according to the National Weather Service.
A 66 mph gust was recorded as the storm went over the Bradford Research Farm in Columbia. Just before 6 p.m. -- about an hour after the storm hit Columbia -- Columbia Water and Light reported about 4,000 customers without power. Boone Electric Cooperative reported that about 4,000 of its members were in the dark just after 6 p.m.
Boone County Emergency Management Director Chris Kelley said some trees had fallen into homes and there are multiple reports of trees and power lines on roads. The damage will take time to assess, he said.
Emergency dispatchers issued public alerts for lines down on Vandiver Drive, a sign on the road near the Range Line Street exit of Interstate 70 and a broken utility pole with lines down on Business Loop 70 W.
Alerts also said traffic lights were out along much of Range Line Street north of Business Loop 70.
Check back for updates to this developing story.
