Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative was Missouri’s first electric coop. It was formed in 1936 as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Administration. Boone Electric today has more than 28,000 individual accounts that serve about 36,000 meters. While most of its members are in Boone County, they also have members in Audrain, Callaway, Howard, Monroe and Randolph counties. Boone Electric general manager and chief executive officer Todd Culley joined 939 the Eagle host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour on Saturday morning’s “CEO Roundtable.” Mr. Culley outlined the importance of their new $29-million corporate headquarters on Columbia’s Rangeline and they also discussed Columbia’s power plant on the Business Loop, which Mr. Culley says is no longer burning coal. Mr. Culley also says no new power plants are being built on the system, and he warns about potential large rolling blackouts across parts of the country in the next few years:
NWS: Columbia is more than seven inches above normal for August rainfall
Columbia’s heavy rains on Sunday tied a record from 1927.
National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Fred Glass says Columbia received 1.9 inches of rainfall during Sunday’s 24-hour period. Mr. Glass tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia has now received 9.09 inches of rain for the month of August, which is 7.43 inches above normal. And there’s still two-and-a-half weeks left in the month.
Mid-Missouri will finally see tranquil and cooler weather today through at least mid-week. Today’s high in Columbia and Jefferson City will be about 79 degrees.
The National Weather Service in St. Louis issued several severe thunderstorm warnings across the 939 the Eagle listening area early Saturday morning. Boone, Callaway, Audrain and Montgomery counties all saw severe thunderstorm warnings, with residents seeing lightning and heavy rain.
(LISTEN): Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy discusses Columbia’s short-term rentals and Columbia/Boone County ARPA funding on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
Columbia has received $25-million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars, while Boone County has received $35-million. President Joe Biden signed ARPA into law in 2021. Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy appeared in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable,” telling listeners that the city and county are providing massive giveaways to non-profits, with the ARPA money. “Roundtable” host Fred Parry, a former Boone County commissioner, says social service agencies in our community, with a few exceptions, are largely ineffective. They discuss the ARPA money in-detail on the program, and they also discuss the issue of short-term rentals in Columbia. Murphy says Columbia has about 500 short-term rentals, with about 400 of them under the Airbnb moniker. The city has received some complaints about these facilities from neighbors. Parry recalls a house in Columbia’s Grasslands near Faurot Field holding parties a few years ago, prompting complaints from neighbors:
UPDATE: Flash flood warnings for Boone and Cole counties have expired
A mid-Missouri highway used by many employees who work at Ameren’s Callaway Nuclear Energy Center remains closed this (Friday) morning due to flooding from heavy rains.
Our news partner KMIZ reports water, trees and other debris still is covering sections of Highway 94, which runs near the Missouri River in Callaway County. The Mokane area has received nine inches of rain. Callaway County road crews tell ABC-17’s Gabrielle Teiner that it could take weeks to clear Highway 94, and the road will need repairs after that.
Torrential rains have dropped staggering amounts of rainfall across the 939 the Eagle listening area. The National Weather Service’s (NWS) flash flood warnings for Boone, Cole, Callaway and Moniteau counties have expired. Osage County is the only county in the listening area that currently has a flash flood warning. It goes until 7:53 am.
NWS St. Louis meteorologist Alex Elmore tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia has receive 47-hundreths of an inch of rain since midnight, on top of the 3.74 inches that fell Thursday. The New Bloomfield area received about seven inches of rain.
UPDATE: National Weather Service requesting storm damage reports from mid-Missouri
The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis has received reports of wind and hail damage from the storms overnight and this morning in mid-Missouri.
The NWS says damage is reported in Boone, Cole, Callaway and a number of counties in the 939 the Eagle listening area. Damage is reported in the Columbia and Jefferson City areas and small towns near Jefferson City. The NWS is asking you for photos of any damage, along with rainfall amounts.
NWS St. Louis meteorologist Jayson Gosselin tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia Regional Airport (COU) has received 3.74 inches of rain since midnight. New Bloomfield has received about six inches of rain.
The NWS St. Louis office is located in Weldon Spring. Their main phone number is (636) 441-8467.
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