Damaging wind gusts accompanied storms that moved through parts of the Ozarks early Sunday morning.
The storms moved from eastern Kansas and northeast Oklahoma into the southwestern Ozarks just after 2am Sunday.
The storms packed quite a punch in Kansas, with reports of multiple trees on homes and buildings in Baxter Springs.
Around 2:30am, a 79 mile per hour wind gust was measured at Joplin Regional Airport, with Jasper County 911 reporting calls just west of the airport of blown transformer.
A 61 mile per hour wind gust was measured east of Webb City as the storm moved through that town.
Firefighters in Carl Junction report a lightning strike may have sparked a house fire near Briarhaven Road and Briarwood Ridge.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch that was issued for most of the Ozarks through 7am Sunday was cancelled for areas along and west of Highway 65 by 4:30am.
More thunderstorms are expected on Sunday afternoon, but the latest from the Storm Prediction Center indicates the worst of the storms will be in southeast Missouri. The eastern Ozarks are under a Level 2 “Slight Risk” for Sunday, while Springfield and areas to the west of the metro area are under a Level 1 “Marginal Risk” of severe storms.
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