Power Outage in Licking, MO

Several trees and power lines were reported down.

Precipitation started as rain during the afternoon of January 24th before changing over to snow during the late afternoon, with the snow then continuing into the morning of January 25th. Widespread snow amounts between 5 and 8 inches fell across the county. A public report of a measured storm total of 8.0 inches of snow was received from Roby, with a measured 7.0 inches in Success and 6.5 inches in Houston. Roads became snow covered and slippery. Around 2700 power outages also occurred across the county due to the heavy snow. Some schools had early release on January 24th, with numerous schools closed on January 25th and January 26th.

A tree was reported down on a power line.

High winds downed a power pole.

Several power lines and poles were reported down causing power outages to around 2000 customers.

A tree fell on a power line south of Plato.

Power lines were reported blown down on the east side of town.

A large tree was blown down on Highway C. Numerous power lines were blown down.

There were multiple power lines blown down.

A major winter storm produced snow, sleet and freezing rain across southwest and south central Missouri. Snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 6 inches with significant sleet accumulations of up to 2 inches. Freezing rain accumulated up to one quarter of an inch with scattered power outages. Travel was extremely treacherous.

Sixty to 85 mph winds impacted most of Texas County. Thousands of trees were damaged along with more than 200 power poles that were destroyed. Nearly 10,000 power outages were estimated by Intercounty Electric. Numerous outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. In Gladden, recovery crews worked 15 hours straight to remove storm debris along a one mile stretch of a county road. Hundreds of structures in the community of Licking were damaged. A pavillion structure at the Old City Park was completely flattened by a large tree. Several mobile homes at the Green Acres mobile home park were crushed by downed large trees.

A few trees were blown down from high wind gusts. A few power outages resulted from trees blowing into power lines.

Freezing rain and sleet accumulations of one to three inches were observed. Ice accumulations resulted in widespread power outages including most of the town of Houston.

Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of Highway 17 and 137 near Yukon. Minor roof damage was also reported.

A power pole was blown down near Summersville.

An intense thunderstorm hit the City of Cabool around 9:30 am, as over five inches of rain caused flash flooding and strong winds downed trees and disrupted power service to a large portion of the town. Rain amounts ranging from four to over five inches were reported in less than an hour during the storm. The lower portion of Roberts Park resembled a raging river and a number of streets were closed due to water.