Power outages reported in Cooper, Boone counties
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Cooper County crews are working to restore power to more than 400 Ameren customers Saturday morning.
The number of those without power started to rise again around 10:30 p.m. on Friday night.
Storms began entering the area earlier in the day, leading to a tornado watch being issued in the western part of our viewing area and a number of counties being put in a severe thunderstorm warning.
There were 475 Ameren customers without power in Cooper County. That number was down to 103 by 11:30 p.m., but jumped to 1,016 just hours later. By 10 a.m., 405 were without power.
The cause of the outages was equipment damage from overnight storms and power and mainly reported in Boonville. According to Ameren’s outage map, power should be restored by 1 p.m.
The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ map showed 142 people Laclede Electric Cooperative customers in Pulaski County without power at 8 a.m. Power was reported to be back on for all by 9 a.m.
At 10:35 p.m. Friday, the map showed 114 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers in Morgan County without power. Another 46 customers from the same company had no reported power in Moniteau County.
By 12 a.m. Saturday, the map showed power was fully restored in Morgan County, and 38 members were reported to be without power in Moniteau County. No outages were reported in Moniteau County by 2 a.m.
Callaway County saw 213 residences without power at 11:30 p.m., nearly all of those being customers of Callaway Electric Cooperative. That number was down to 85 by midnight. Consolidated Electric Co-op in Callaway County reported 21 customers experiencing outages around 2 a.m., bringing the total to 106 without power. No outages were reported by 6 a.m. in Callaway County.
The Callaway Electric Cooperative also reported outages in Montgomery County, where 67 customers were without power at 6 a.m. Saturday. No customers were experiencing outages by 9 a.m.
There were nearly 300 Boone Electric Cooperative customers without power on Friday night.
Boone Electric showed five outages were affecting 283 customers around 9 p.m. Most of the outages were reported around the Hallsville area.
For most, power was restored by 9:30 p.m. Three outages were affecting seven members at 11:45 p.m. By 2:30 a.m., only one customer was reportedly without power. More than 50 of Ameren’s Boone County customers were without power as of 10 a.m.
ABC 17 News reached out to find out the cause and estimated restoration time for some ongoing outages.
No outages have been reported for those living within Columbia city limits.
A handful of outages were sporadically reported around the rest of the area.
Check back for updates.