Storms cause damage, power outages in Cape County

This story is updated.

Severe storms that rolled through the area Sunday night damaged structures throughout Cape Girardeau County.

Buildings in Jackson and Cape Girardeau sustained damage, according to reports.

Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles were reported.

“In Jackson, along Greensferry Road that caused power outages for Jackson. There was a tree on a house in the city of Cape,” Cape Girardeau County Emergency Management director Mark Winkler said. “There was a tree over a power line out by Pilot House (restaurant), which caused some power outage for the northern part of the city."

Ameren Missouri's reported 1700 power outages Sunday night in the Cape Girardeau area had been reduced to 316 Monday morning after the storm. Black River Electric had reported eight outages to its customers, Winkler added, adding peak winds were in the range of 70 miles per hour - tripping tornado sirens in the city of Cape Girardeau but not in Jackson.

A power pole in the Red Star area of downtown Cape was snapped and many trees went down, Winkler informed the Cape Girardeau County Commission.

"The extent of the damage was a pretty narrow path," Winkler noted.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning Sunday for east central Cape Girardeau County, Southwestern Union County and Northwestern Alexander County in Southern Illinois. At 8:53 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was announced via email from the EMA moving at 45 mph. Cape Girardeau Police Department's warning sirens began to sound at approximately 9:05 p.m.

Power outages in downtown Cape Girardeau were reported, but no reports of other damage were available.