Several injuries were reported in the wake of severe thunderstorms that rolled through northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas Thursday night, damaging homes, trees, and vehicles, and knocking out power to thousands of homes.

A storm that struck Saint Joseph at 10:45 felled the radio tower at the Missouri State Highway Patrol headquarters on the North Belt Highway. It missed the building and came down across the parking lot. There were no injuries.

Maryville was especially hard-hit. The roof was blown off Laclede Chain Factory. At least two tractor trailers were blown off the highway, injuring the drivers. KCP&L reported more than half the city’s 7,000 power customers were in the dark. Another 1100 outages were reported north of Maryville. KCP&L reports more than 5500 customers are out of service in Saint Joseph this morning..

Two people were injured in Winston when a gas station awning was blown onto their car. A spotter reported a 40 foot tower was blown over in Winston. The string of storms began shortly after 7 pm, rolling southeast out of Nebraska and into northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri.