Power Outage in Duke, MO

Winter Storm. 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 3 and around 6 inches fell across the county. A COOP observer report of a measured storm total of 6.2 inches of snow was received from Rolla, with a measured 4.8 inches reported from a CoCoRaHS observer 5 miles NNW of Lecoma. Roads became snow covered and slippery, with a one vehicle injury accident occurring on Interstate 44 westbound near mile marker 194 as a tractor trailer traveled off the right side of the road and overturned. Around 1500 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.

January 24, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Extensive wind damage occurred to five homes, multiple power lines and poles, and trees. | A barn was also destroyed.

August 04, 2022

As the upper level pattern shifted from southwest to northwest flow over the central U.S. and an upper level ridge expanded over the Plains, meso-scale convective systems (MCS) moved over the region during the overnight and early morning hours each day. The most impactful storms occurred during the early morning of the 8th, when storms produced damaging wind gusts from the Lake of the Ozarks region southward to near Interstate 44. Damage to trees, powerlines and roofs occurred, and two people were injured near Kaiser in Camden County when a tree fell on their RV. At least one inch of rain fell with each event.

June 08, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Wind damage reports were received between Lake Spring and Rolla along Highways O and 72. High winds downed trees and power lines and a home and a barn suffered minor roof and siding damage.

May 19, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Several large tree limbs and power lines were reported down.

August 08, 2021