WALNUT GROVE, Mo. — A Skywarn repeater tower has been damaged following a direct lightning strike in Walnut Grove.
According to a Southwest Missouri Regional Skywarn (SMRS) press release, the Stockton Lake region’s Skywarn repeater tower was damaged due to a lightning strike.
The weather-related damage destroyed the antenna and irreparably impaired the connected equipment, which includes the computing and internet hardware, the release says.
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The SMRS estimates damage repair to be around $5,000 to fix the tower…