Power outages reported in Morgan, Cooper, Callaway counties

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Cooper County crews are working to restore power to more than 900 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.

The cause of the outages was equipment damage from the storm and power should be restored by 8:30 a.m., according to Ameren’s outage map.

The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ map showed 114 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers in Morgan County without power at 10:35 p.m. 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.

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.

A cause and estimated time for restoration in the Boone County outages were not yet determined, according to Boone Electric. Though, 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.

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.

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