Thousands without power in the Heartland 5/16

(KFVS) — Severe storms brought power outages to parts of the Heartland on Friday, May 16.

We issued a First Alert Action Day for today due to the threat of severe storms. The entire Heartland was upgraded to a threat level 4 out of 5 for severe weather.

Outages as of 7:50 p.m. on Friday:

Ameren Illinois

• Jackson County — 462 customers
• Johnson County — 596 customers
• Perry County — 5 customers
• Saline County — 9 customers
• Williamson County — 886 customers

Ameren Missouri

• Cape Girardeau County — 1,029 customers
• Mississippi County — 2,513 customers
• New Madrid County — 72 counties
• Scott County — 119 customers
• Stoddard County — 440 customers

Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives

• Butler County — 1,428 members
• Dunklin County — 566 members
• Iron County — 72 members
• Stoddard County — 467 members
• Wayne County — 10 members

Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives

• Franklin County — 330 members
• Jackson County — 1,147 members
• Johnson County — 71 members
• Saline County — 172 members
• Union County — 10 members
• Williamson County — 3,934 members

Jackson Purchase Energy Corp. in Kentucky

• Ballard County — 298 members
• Livingston County — 248 members
• Marshall County — 25 members
• McCracken County — 99 members

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