Power Outage in Rolla, MO

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.

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

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.

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.

High winds downed tree limbs damaging street lights and power lines causing power outages.

Several power lines were reported down in town.

The Phelps County dispatch reported power lines down near the Doolittle outer road.

Many trees were uprooted and power lines downed at the intersection of Highway 63 and Highway K.

Many trees were uprooted and power lines downed at the intersection of Highway 63 and Highway K.

Several power lines and poles were reported down in area of 13500 County Road 3200, east of Rolla. Time was estimated via radar.

Several power lines and large tree limbs were blown down across the county.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. A few trees were blown on to cars. One tree was blown down on to a house causing structural damage.

A picture from social media showed numerous trees and power lines blown down. Time was estimated by radar.

Several trees and power lines were blown down near BB Highway and County Road 3310 just east of Rolla.

A tree was blown down onto a power line at the intersectiong of Highway J and Highway M. A brief fire was started.

A tree struck by lightning fell on power lines at 805 Oaklane Drive.

Several trees were blown down onto power lines.

Power lines were blown down near the intersection of Highway E and Highway A.

A few power poles were blown down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down. Shingles were blown off several roofs and windows were broken due to downed trees. A few sheds were blow over.

Numerous power polls down were reported down 2 miles south of Rolla along State Highway O, near and just east the intersection of Highway 72.

The NWS survey team determined that the EF-1 tornado that touched down and caused two fatalities near Lecoma in Dent County tracked into southern Phelps County where it enlarged to around a quarter mile wide near County Road 179. The tornado ended around County Road 154 as an EF-0 about 50 yards wide. The tornado downed several trees and damaged power lines in Phelps County.

The NWS survey team determined that the EF-1 tornado that touched down and caused two fatalities near Lecoma in Dent County tracked into southern Phelps County where it enlarged to around a quarter mile wide near County Road 179. The tornado ended around County Road 154 as an EF-0 about 50 yards wide. The tornado downed several trees and damaged power lines in Phelps County.

Severe thunderstorm wind gusts removed a roof from a home and overturned a shed. Power lines were also blown down from large trees falling onto them.

Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over several trees and power poles in Rolla. Power failures resulted from the damage for several hours.

Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged several power poles and trees.

Ice accumulations ranging from one quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch occurred across the entire county. Some areas experienced power outages as trees and power lines were damaged.

Significant tree and power line damage occurred from ice accumulations of one and a half inches.

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.

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

A squall line with estimated winds of 60 to 70 mph moved through portions of the Lake of the Ozarks producing damage from Gravois Mills, eastward to Eldon, then south across Sunrise Beach, Dixon and Salem. Numerous trees were uprooted along with power lines blown down. Near Rolla, a large tree fell on a car and destroyed it. No injuries were reported.

A squall line moved through west central and central Missouri during the early morning hours of May 7th. There were numerous reports of high winds in excess of 60 to 70 mph, including reports of power lines downed, trees uprooted, and tractor trailers blown off Interstate 44. The severe winds blew the roof off a mobile home near Wheatland, and another northeast of Warsaw. Billboard signs were also blown down along Interstate 44 near Rolla. A boat dock was destroyed west of Pittsburg on Pomme De Terre Lake.

A powerful late winter storm intensified as it moved across the central United States. The increased pressure gradient allowed winds to increase rapidly in a short period of time. Winds were sustained around 50 mph across portions of central and south central Missouri between midnight and 4 am. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down from the western Lake of the Ozarks, southeast across south central Missouri. The hardest hit area was near Belle, in the northeastern part of Maries county, where four barns were destroyed, plus damage occurred to numerous homes, and a storage building.

Light freezing rain produced ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch over a broad area of central and south central Missouri. The icing caused numerous accidents and several large pileups on I-44 between Lebanon and Rolla. Due to significant ice accumulations near Tuscumbia, a tree fell onto a power line, causing power outages to a few hundred people on the western side of town.

Power lines were blown down in Rolla.

Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.