Storms that produced tornadoes and damaging wind gusts up to 90 miles per hour moved through the Ozarks Tuesday morning, downing trees and power lines and damaging homes and buildings.
The National Weather Service reported confirmed tornadoes near Fair Grove and Niangua, with a suspected tornado earlier doing damage in the Neosho area, with part of a barn blocking Interstate 49 at the 23 mile marker.
A MODOT building was damaged in Monett, and buildings in the Nixa area were also damaged.
In Springfield, we’ve had numerous reports of power lines down, trees down onto homes, with reports throughout the area of trees down blocking roadways.
The National Weather Service measured a 90 mile per hour wind gust at its offices near the Springfield-Branson National Airport as the tornado warning sirens were going off in Springfield.
A weather spotter reported a tree that collapsed part of a home near the golf course at Scenic and Sunshine in Springfield.
Springfield City Utilities is reporting several hundred power outages and crews in several communities in the Ozarks are working around the clock to restore electricity.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch that was in effect for the eastern Ozarks has been cancelled.
93-3 and AM 560 KWTO is your home for severe weather coverage in the Ozarks, and we’ll keep you up to date with any additional bad weather that develops.
(Photo of storm damage at Cedarbrook and Catalpa in Springfield, courtesy of Patricia Flowers-Palmer, SW MO Regional Skywarn).