The last few days of winter sees a round of spring-like storms roar through the Lakes Region Thursday afternoon and evening.
Numerous Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued with a couple of Tornado Warnings issued for areas south of Springfield. No tornado sightings have been reported to the weather service though several damage reports of tree limbs down reported in that area along with building damage in areas around Nixa, Ozark, and Fremont Hills.
Many storm reports included high wind readings, including a 69 MPH Gust reported at Chestnutridge in Taney County near the Christian County Line.
Dime size hail was reported to the weather service and Legends 1063 in areas between Branson and Forsyth.
Damage reports from Arkansas include trees and some power poles down around the Harrison area in Boone County as well in Searcy County near St. Joe and in Marion County near Rea Valley.
Many areas experienced power outages and while many areas have since seen power restored, several hundred Entergy Customers in Marion County are without power this morning with other scattered outages in southern Boone County and parts of northern Newton and Searcy Counties. Meanwhile, White River Valley Electric reports around 50 customers without power, mostly in northern Taney as well as southern Christian and Douglas Counties.
The weather will be quieter today with cooler temperatures in the 60s with another cold front dropping high temperatures to around 50 by Monday.
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