Storms Rip Through North Missouri

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It was a long night for many in Grundy County, where storms ripped through the area, leaving behind downed tree limbs, twisted trampolines and several inches of rain.
Grundy County Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs was just getting started in his assessment of storm damage across the county this morning, but he said it looked like the two main areas of damage were from Brimson to Melbourne and in the Hickory area, where possible tornadoes were reported. Rain totals across the region, he said, were between three and six inches, with the Government Weather Station at Trenton reporting 3.9 inches and the Government Weather Station located at the University of Missouri Thompson Farm near Spickard reporting five inches.
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At the height of the storm, Briggs said there were approximately 700 electric meters that were without power in Grundy County.
In the city of Trenton, several areas served by Trenton Municipal Utilities were without power for small portions of time, according to City Administrator Ron Urton, with the Second Street and Harris Avenue area having around 35 homes without electricity due to wind causing lines to be wrapped around trees limbs. A pole was reported broken in the area of Sportsman Road while trees in the lines on Chicago Street knocked out power in the north area of town. Urton said four TMU employees worked throughout most of the night and that as of this morning, all electric service was restored.
Grundy Electric Cooperative was continuing work on power lines in Harrison County, which perhaps was the most hard hit during Wednesday night’s storms. J.D. Pash of GEC said customers in Harrison, Mercer and eastern Grundy County all lost power at various times during the night due to high winds and trees getting into electric lines. He indicated that all customers in Grundy and Mercer counties did have power as of this morning. It was hoped that Harrison County customers would see their electricity back in service by later today.
Nearly 300 electric outages were reported in the Grundy, Mercer and Harrison county areas by KCP&L, which said customers should have power back on by later today. High winds and tree limbs blowing into electric lines were among the causes of the outages, which covered several counties throughout northwest Missouri. Flooding, which has shut down several roadways, has prevented KCP&L from taking care of some of the areas in the far northwest area of the state, according to a KCP&L spokesperson.
Rain continued to fall this morning and there is a chance of precipitation through Friday.