Friday night’s storm activity caused multiple trees and power lines to go down, and numerous area residents were without power. Most of the reports of downed trees and lines were in Ozark County, but the majority of the power outages were in North Central Arkansas.
According to the National Weather Service, the first reports in Ozark County came in at 8:40 p.m. There were several reports of outages due to tree limbs from southwestern Douglas County into northwestern Ozark County. Four minutes later, an entire tree was down, completely blocking the road on Missouri Route JJ between Missouri Highway 5 and Thornfield. Another tree was down, partially blocking Missouri Highway 95 between Highway 5 and Thornfield.
At 9:04, an Ozark County deputy reported trees and telephone lines down on U.S. Highway 160 in Theodosia. Ten minutes later, another tree was reported down, blocking Missouri Route AA two miles from Missouri Highway 181. At 9:19, two trees were down on Missouri Route O between Bakersfield and Udall, with one completely blocking the highway near County Road 551.
The last report in Ozark County came in at 9:25 with a tree across Missouri Route PP between Highway 160 and the James Bridge. The tree was later removed by fire personnel.
Spokespersons from the sheriff’s offices in Baxter and Marion counties have also reported multiple trees down, but no structural damage was reported by authorities. However, a listener sent in a photo of a tree having crashed down on a van off Mallard Point Road. Baxter County road and bridge crews have worked throughout the night to get the roads cleared of tree debris.
Photo courtesy of Rick Steiner
Throughout the night, the number of power outages continued to grow in the Twin Lakes Area. Around 10:30, over 14,000 area residents were without power between North Arkansas Electric Cooperative, Entergy Arkansas and White River Valley Electric Cooperative.
As of 6:45 a.m. Saturday, NAEC still had 2,422 members served by the Mountain Home office without power and an additional 952 served by the Salem office. Entergy reported 230 outages in Baxter County, 189 in Marion County, 161 in Izard County, 280 in Searcy County, 274 in Stone County and three in Boone County. White River Valley Electric Cooperative reported 957 members without power in Ozark County, 256 in Douglas County and eight in Taney County.
At KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot, the official reporting station for the National Weather Service in Mountain Home, .32″ of rain have been recorded since 7 a.m. Friday. We’ve had 1.71″ of rain for the month of June and 30.73″ for the year.
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