Power Outage in Lancaster, MO

High Wind. Through the afternoon on December 15th strong wind caused sustained winds in the 40 to 50 mph range, with frequent gusts well over 60 mph. While most ASOS and AWOS stations recorded gusts around 65 mph, there were several reports of higher winds and damage representative of around 70 mph, such as tree damage and powerlines down. This all preceded strong thunderstorms that also caused strong winds and scattered damage across the area.

December 15, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Trees, power lines, and other miscellaneous damage was reported the next day by local media.

April 10, 2017

Thunderstorm Wind. A tree fell on a camper trailer parked at a residential home. also, a tree and power pole were both down in the town, with power out.

June 22, 2015

Thunderstorm Wind. Two power poles were snapped.

June 08, 2008

Tornado. Tornado touched down along D highway 1.75 miles south-southeast of Lancaster at 1935 CST. A damage path was noted for 1.1 miles, and the storm damaged 3 farmsteads directly. The first farmstead had an outbuilding destroyed and windows blown out of the farmhouse. As the tornado moved south, two barns were destroyed at the second farmstead. Near Gray's Drive and Highway D, just southwest of the D and V Highway intersection, additional damage was noted to a third farmstead, with significant low-end F1 damage to outbuildings. Numerous trees and power lines were also downed along Highway D. Anecdotal observations suggest the tornado turned left before dissipating at 1938 CST, and then may have looped back north along Highway D to near the Highways D and V intersection, where minor damage was noted to a fourth homestead.

July 17, 2006

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@TCEC_MO - February 04, 2021 15:00

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@TCEC_MO - July 31, 2020 14:00

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@TCEC_MO - December 27, 2019 14:00

@jentrification Power outages in this heat. Nah. I feel you.

@JamekaShamae - July 09, 2019 19:38

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@TCEC_MO - January 28, 2019 14:25