After nearly a month without rain, the last five days have seen plenty of precipitation with some storms ripping through the region as well.
After the first wave of storms Halloween morning that caused damage in the Kirbyville and Mildred areas, more rounds of storms followed, especially Monday evening with several Tornado Warnings issued and heavy rain continuing. Tornado Warnings were in effect for areas of southeastern Taney County around Protem as well as northwestern Taney County near Chestnut Ridge. Areas around Table Rock Lake including Kimberling City, Branson West and Reeds Spring were under warnings for a time as well. Warnings were also issued in Arkansas for parts of Boone and Marion Counties.
The storms have caused power outages around the region with White River Valley Electric still reporting scattered outages this morning with the most in Douglas and Ozark Counties. Entergy is also reporting some scattered outages in Boone and Marion Counties including a few around Harrison with Carroll Electric Cooperative reporting around 800 outages mostly in Benton and Carroll Counties with several outages as well in Madison and Newton Counties…