Power Outage in Osage Beach, MO

Precipitation started as rain during the afternoon of January 24th before quickly changing over to snow, with the snow then continuing into the late morning of January 25th. Snow reports ranged from around 1.5 to 2.0 inches across the county. A public report one mile southwest of Osage Beach reported a measured storm total of 2.0 inches of snow. Up to around 60 power outages were reported across the county due to the snow. Roads became snow covered and slippery, with some schools doing early releases on January 24th and numerous schools closed on January 25th across the county.

A band of convective showers changed over to moderate to heavy snowfall rates at times during the early morning hours of January 12th, with some thundersnow even reported. Roads became covered, with widespread slowdowns across the county. School closings occurred in Camdenton, Macks Creek, and Climax Springs. There were approximately 100 power outages across the county, as well. Total snow accumulations ranged from 2.0 inches with a public report 3 miles west southwest of Osage Beach to 4.5 inches from a CoCoRaHS observer 1 mile west southwest of Laurie.

Numerous power outages were reported from high winds. Power lines and poles were down.

A tree was reported down on a power line. The weather station in Camdenton reco0rded a maximum wind gust of 43 mph.

Several large trees were down. One tree was on a power line along Highway KK.

A power pole was down near Highway 17 and Highway T.

Numerous trees were uprooted and power-lines downed by winds estimated at 60-70 mph.

Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down with some trees on homes. A few docks were flipped between the 5 and 7 mile markers of the Little Niangua arm of Lake of the Ozarks. The time was estimated via radar.

A National Weather Service survey found numerous large tree limbs were down, trees uprooted and power lines down. This damage was within a larger area of straight line wind damage. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph. The tornado path length was 0.12 miles and width maximum was 75 yards. The tornado starting location was 7.5 miles NW of Camdenton and ended 7.4 miles NW Camdenton. The tornado was on the ground for duration of approximately 1 minute.

An electric coop reported up to 10,000 customers were without power across the Lake of the Ozarks region due to power lines blown down.

Several trees were down on power lines.

A power pole along Highway A was reported downed.

Downburst winds knocked over two trees into some power lines.

Ice accumulations ranging from one quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch occurred across all of the county. A few areas experienced power outages from tree and power line damage.

Three waves of ice accumulations damaged above ground electrical utilities, telephone and TV cable lines. Half of the county was without power shortly after the first round of ice arrived. The power outages ranged from just a few hours to 11 days. Trees were damaged excessively, losing many large limbs along with total uprooting of whole trees. Structural damage to buildings was minimal, however, there were five houses that experienced significant damage from falling trees along with 12 cars that were damaged from trees. The Osage Beach City Hall experienced water damage to ceiling tile and sheet rock in four offices. This was due to an ice dam on the roof causing water to backup and run over the seam lip of the steel roof sheeting. This same ice dam slid from the roof crashing onto a ground effect heat pump chiller which destroyed it. The structural damage, debris removal, and public safety preventive measures was estimated at $175,000 in loses.

A derecho swept across west central and central Missouri during the early morning hours of July 5th. Camden County experienced minor structural damage with this event. Downed power lines and trees were common across the county.

Numerous trees, power lines and large limbs were blown down throughout the county.

Sixty-five mph straight line winds blew down numerous trees, power lines, and caused the roof at Lake Ozark City Hall to be partially blown off. Water and electrical damage also occurred at the City Hall. Numerous trees were also uprooted around the Camdenton area.

Power lines were blown down near Sunrise Beach.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near Decaturville.

Power lines were down across northern Camden County.

Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and damaged an electrical transformer.