A severe storm blew through Northwest Missouri overnight, leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity. The storm packed winds of up to 80 miles per hour in some areas, downing tree limbs, power poles and power lines.

In St Joseph there were more than 1,100 KCP&L customers still in the dark by 3am.

In the Kansas City metropolitan area, more than 160,000 customers were left without electricity.

At least one home in St Joe was struck by lightning. Officials said there was some electrical damage for no fire.

According to the National Weather Service more than 1.3 inches of rain fell early Friday morning in St Joseph, with .95″ of that falling between midnight and one am. The weather service said a strong bow echo produced widespread wind damage and winds up to 80 mph in parts of the KC metro. 80 mile per hour wind gusts were reported in the Riverside, Missouri area. Many spotters reported winds over 65 mph.

We have no reports of any injuries due to the storm.