Power Outage in Poplar Bluff, MO

A tree was down onto a power line, causing power outages.

A few miles north of Broseley, a house on County Road 629 sustained minor to moderate damage. Several sections of siding were blown off. A portion of metal roofing blew off. About a mile east of Poplar Bluff airport, a couple of power poles were downed or leaning on Missouri Highway B.

A few miles north of Broseley, a house on County Road 629 sustained minor to moderate damage. Several sections of siding were blown off. A portion of metal roofing blew off. About a mile east of Poplar Bluff airport, a couple of power poles were downed or leaning on Missouri Highway B.

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

A tree was down on County Road 450. A power line was down on County Road 461.

Widespread damage to trees and power lines was reported across southwest and south central Butler County. Trees were down on a house and cars on County Road 461. Roofs were damaged and numerous trees were down on County Road 470. Trees and power lines were damaged four miles south of Poplar Bluff.

In Poplar Bluff, several trees were blown down, and at least three small trailers were overturned. Just east of Poplar Bluff at and near the airport, damaging winds caused significant damage. A wind gust to 67 mph was measured by the Poplar Bluff airport's automated weather observation system. A parked small plane was overturned and pushed into a building. In the same general area, several telephone poles were knocked down. Numerous tree limbs and power lines were down. This damage was produced by a supercell thunderstorm that tracked east-southeast to New Madrid County.

In Poplar Bluff, several trees were blown down, and at least three small trailers were overturned. Just east of Poplar Bluff at and near the airport, damaging winds caused significant damage. A wind gust to 67 mph was measured by the Poplar Bluff airport's automated weather observation system. A parked small plane was overturned and pushed into a building. In the same general area, several telephone poles were knocked down. Numerous tree limbs and power lines were down. This damage was produced by a supercell thunderstorm that tracked east-southeast to New Madrid County.

Damaging winds struck the city of Poplar Bluff. A construction trailer was blown into a ditch. Trees were blown down, and power outages were numerous. Signs were blown down.

Several trees were down, blocking parts of PP Highway about five miles west-northwest of Poplar Bluff. A tree was blown onto a garage on County Road 469 a few miles west of Poplar Bluff. On Highway 142 just south of the city, a tree and power lines were down.

Power lines were down at two intersections, including one on Business Loop 67. On the southwest side of Poplar Bluff, small tree limbs were broken and tree debris was scattered across the area. A tree was split in half.

In Poplar Bluff, trees and power lines were blown down. Two trees landed on cars. A few roofs were damaged in the city.

Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the community.

Trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down throughout the city.

A roof was blown off a home just east of Poplar Bluff. The entire end of a shed was blown down at a local lumber company in the city. Near Highway WW in Poplar Bluff, a roof was blown into a power line. Elsewhere in Poplar Bluff, a travel trailer was blown into the roadway. Two mobile homes were damaged and blown off their foundations.

Estimated wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph were associated with this storm. Downed trees and power lines were reported in and around Poplar Bluff, including U.S. Highway 67 northwest of the city.

The automated weather observation system at the Poplar Bluff airport measured a wind gust to 64 mph. A steeple was blown off a church in the city of Poplar Bluff. The steeple was made of fiberglass and measured about four feet by four feet at its base and was about 15 feet tall. In the city of Poplar Bluff, tree limbs and a few whole trees were blown onto power lines. Broken power poles were reported off U.S. Highway 67 north of Poplar Bluff and Highway B east of Poplar Bluff. One of the biggest outages disrupted power to over 600 customers. Power was not fully restored until the following morning. Street department crews cleaned up tree debris well into the next day. In the city of Poplar Bluff, street crews removed 15 trees, 12 of which blocked streets. Limbs were blown down across the city. Outside the city, county road crews reported four roads were blocked. A motorist escaped injury when a tree fell on a vehicle on Highway B east of Poplar Bluff. The vehicle was towed away.

The automated weather observation system at the Poplar Bluff airport measured a wind gust to 64 mph. A steeple was blown off a church in the city of Poplar Bluff. The steeple was made of fiberglass and measured about four feet by four feet at its base and was about 15 feet tall. In the city of Poplar Bluff, tree limbs and a few whole trees were blown onto power lines. Broken power poles were reported off U.S. Highway 67 north of Poplar Bluff and Highway B east of Poplar Bluff. One of the biggest outages disrupted power to over 600 customers. Power was not fully restored until the following morning. Street department crews cleaned up tree debris well into the next day. In the city of Poplar Bluff, street crews removed 15 trees, 12 of which blocked streets. Limbs were blown down across the city. Outside the city, county road crews reported four roads were blocked. A motorist escaped injury when a tree fell on a vehicle on Highway B east of Poplar Bluff. The vehicle was towed away.

A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 61 mph. Branches of varying shapes and sizes were blown down, along with a large dead tree. Power was knocked out for nine hours.

Poplar Bluff street workers removed six trees that fell across city streets. A couple of other large trees were uprooted in back yards of houses. Two power poles were blown over. County highway crews removed two large trees from County Road 554.

Poplar Bluff street workers removed six trees that fell across city streets. A couple of other large trees were uprooted in back yards of houses. Two power poles were blown over. County highway crews removed two large trees from County Road 554.

On the southwest side of Poplar Bluff at the industrial park, thirteen telephone poles were down or cracked. Power was interrupted to the city wastewater treatment plant and parts of the industrial park. Roofs were blown off metal buildings in this industrial park area. On Highway M west of the industrial park, a large tree limb fell on a power line.

On the southwest side of Poplar Bluff at the industrial park, thirteen telephone poles were down or cracked. Power was interrupted to the city wastewater treatment plant and parts of the industrial park. Roofs were blown off metal buildings in this industrial park area. On Highway M west of the industrial park, a large tree limb fell on a power line.

Lightning hit an electrical substation, knocking out power to 1,100 customers in downtown Poplar Bluff.

A tree was blown down, blocking Highway 160. A vehicle crashed into the tree, but no injuries occurred. Power lines were down west of Poplar Bluff.

The state highway patrol headquarters on U.S. Highway 67 just northwest of Poplar Bluff estimated winds gusted to 65 mph. Power lines were blown down. The flag pole was bent. Six trees were blown down on PP Highway.

Numerous trees and power lines were down in the southern part of the county, especially Qulin and Harviell. Tree limbs fell across roads. Four to five signal line poles were knocked down along a section of railroad tracks near the south edge of Poplar Bluff.

Large trees were blown onto power lines.

Trees were down at a number of locations in the county, including U.S. Highway 60 west of Poplar Bluff, U.S. Highway 67 north of Poplar Bluff, and in the community of Coon Island (east of Neelyville). Grandstand bleachers were blown over at a speedway off Business Loop 60. In Poplar Bluff, several trees and power lines were blown down. One of the downed power lines sparked a house fire. Elsewhere in the county, several roadways were blocked by fallen trees.

A forward-propagating mesoscale convective system brought damaging winds to portions of southeast Missouri. The electric co-operative serving the five affected counties reported 5,450 customers lost power. The thunderstorm complex moved southeast at 40 knots across the Ozark foothills toward the Bootheel. The complex stayed generally southwest of a Greenville to Dexter to New Madrid line. The storms occurred ahead of a weak cold front that extended from central Illinois to central and southwest Missouri. The environment was very moist and moderately to strongly unstable. The storms occurred on the southern fringe of a band of moderately strong west-northwest mid-level flow.

Strong south winds averaged around 25 MPH with gusts from 35 to 45 MPH for about two hours. The strong winds were immediately ahead of a cold front that was accompanied by showers and some thunderstorms. At Poplar Bluff's airport, the peak wind gust was clocked at 44 MPH. Some trees and power lines were blown down on the south end of Poplar Bluff. A power outage affected about 100 customers when a couple of trees fell on power lines. At one residence, a large oak tree fell, damaging two pickup trucks and a boat.