Power Outage in Nevada, MO

Several trees were reported down on power lines causing power outages.

Trees and power lines were reported down.

Trees and power lines were reported down.

A power line was blown down in Nevada. A pick up truck pulling a twenty foot trailer was blown off the road into the median about two miles south of Nevada.

Several large tree limbs and power lines were blown down across the northwestern portions of the city of Nevada.

A tree was uprooted and a power line was broken.

A large elm tree and power line were blown down.

A tree and powerline was downed.

Several power lines reported down on Cedar Street as the result of large, falling tree limbs.

A power line was blown down in Nevada on South Main street.

Several large tree limbs were reported down on power lines which caused temporary outages on the northwest side of the city.

Large limbs and power lines were blown down.

Power lines down across northern part of Vernon County.

Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down several trees and power lines near Nevada.

Several trees and power lines were downed from thunderstorm wind gusts.

Numerous power lines and trees were blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts.

Power poles were blown down from severe thunderstorm wind gusts near the intersection of Highway 54 and Highway 43.

Ice accumulations up to one and a half inches were observed across southern Vernon County. Rural areas of southeast Vernon County and the communities of Sheldon and Montevallo were hit the hardest, and widespread power outages occurred for several days. Major tree and power line damage resulted. Further north toward Nevada and other sections of the county, ice accumulations ranging from one quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch were observed.

Two to three inches of sleep pack occurred across Vernon County. Due to the precipitation type, little to no ice accumulations occurred on powers lines and trees.

Powerlines down in Nevada.

Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines near Dederick.

A derecho tracked from extreme southeast Kansas to central Missouri during the early morning hours of July 5th. In Vernon County, numerous structures were damaged along with downed trees and power lines. One mobile home three miles west of Schell City was completely destroyed as the derecho pushed through. The mobile home was anchored down with steel hurricane straps that were snapped.

High winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph occurred across southeast Kansas into west central Missouri as a powerful low pressure system tracked from the central plains to the Great Lakes. These high winds downed trees and power lines as well as damaged a few roofs across extreme southeast Kansas and west central Missouri.

Power lines and poles were blown down around Nevada. Dime size hail was also reported.

A large scale ice storm event developed over southeast Kansas and west central Missouri during the early morning hours of January 30, 2002. Synoptically, a shallow arctic air mass moved through the region dropping surface temperatures in the upper 20s. Strong jet stream winds from the southwest provided the influx of sub-tropical type regime. In addition, deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico surged northward above this shallow arctic air mass to set the stage for a prolonged ice storm.Light to moderate rainfall, fell over the sub-freezing surface temperatures for nearly 36 hours. Ice begun accumulating on trees and power lines from southeast Kansas, and into west central Missouri Wednesday morning. Law enforcement officers and local weather observers reported nearly one half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines before 6 am Wednesday morning. The freezing rain, mixed with sleet at times, continued through the day with an additional one quarter to one half inch of ice by Wednesday evening. Total ice accumulations approached one inch thick on tree and power lines by Wednesday night and Thursday. The ice started to weight down trees, power lines and other objects which caused widespread power outages. During the height of the storm, nearly 150,000 people were without power from southeast Kansas, into west central and central Missouri. In addition, trees snapped which caused damage to homes, businesses, and cars. Although most of the main highway routes were wet, secondary roads were ice covered throughout the event. Numerous automobile accidents were reported, along with injuries. The storm system begun to wind down Thursday morning as temperatures rose above freezing. However, additional ice related problems continued through the early afternoon as the melting ice fell on cars, homes and businesses.

Periods of freezing rain developed over portions of southwest and west central Missouri during the early morning hours, then spread northeast across central Missouri. Ice accumulated up to one quarter of an inch on area roadways, power lines and trees. Some minor traffic accidents were reported along with a few power outages, especially around Osceola, Lowry City and Mindenmines. No injuries were reported.