More than 900 without power in Pulaski, Phelps, Maries counties after storms roll through

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

There were more than 900 electric customers without power in the southern portion of Mid-Missouri on Monday night.

There were 635 Laclede Electric Co-op customers in Pulaski County without power, while 155 Intercounty Electric Cooperartive customers in Phelps County without power and 122 Gascosage Electric Cooperative customers in Maries County experiencing an outage, according to the to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives map.

Intense storms hit the southern portion of our viewing area on Monday night and the rest of the area went through rain and thunderstorms earlier in the evening.

The AMEC map also says, 80 Callaway Electric Cooperative customers and 49 Boone Electric customers were without power on Monday night. There were 75 Laclede Electric Co-op customers without power in Laclede County.

The ABC 17 News Stormtrack Weather Team predicted severe storms to enter the area on Monday, with tornados being a possibility.

Afternoon

Earlier on Monday, more than 260 Ameren customers were without power in Moniteau County after storms began.

The outage was reported near Clarksburg at 3:44 p.m., according to Ameren’s outage map. The cause of the outage was equipment damage, the map says. The outage were restored before 5:45 p.m.

Another 19 customers were without power in Cole County at 4:42 p.m. just outside of Taos, the map says. A cause and time for restoration has not been announced.

According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives map, 83 Three Rivers Electric customers in Maries County were without power on Monday afternoon, as were 25 Crawford Electric Cooperative customers in Gasconade County. The Maries County outages were resolved by 5:45 p.m.

ABC 17 News reached out to Ameren.

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