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KANSAS CITY, MO -
Hail as large as a grapefruit fell in northwest Missouri Sunday night, so it's no surprise it left behind some big time damage. The storms hit Daviess County, mostly around Lake Viking and in Holt County, in Oregon, Missouri.
One woman said when the storm and hail was over and she stepped outside, she thought the ground looked like it was covered in baseballs. Many people were shocked there were no injuries.
Dale's Auto Body said they've been swamped all morning long with lots of cars with windshields and back windows blown out. There have been only a few reports of homes damaged and some crops damaged.
"They had sirens going off and tornado warning and all of a sudden I heard the god awful roar and I thought it was a tornado coming down and then it was like meteors coming down and hitting on the concrete and blowing up," Eric Milne said.
More than 500 hundred homes are in the Lake Viking area, and residents estimate 80 percent of them are damaged.
Homeowners said the storm came in rounds. Round one came around 8 p.m. Sunday night, and with it came heavy rain, lots of wind and baseball-sized hail. Round two: more rain, more hail and more flooding.
The storms overnight also caused significant damage in a few spots in the metro. Heavy rains and high winds knocked down branches and power lines down in some parts of the city. At 56th & Oak, a tree came down, landing on a house. No one was injured.
One woman said when the storm and hail was over and she stepped outside, she thought the ground looked like it was covered in baseballs. Many people were shocked there were no injuries.
Dale's Auto Body said they've been swamped all morning long with lots of cars with windshields and back windows blown out. There have been only a few reports of homes damaged and some crops damaged.
"They had sirens going off and tornado warning and all of a sudden I heard the god awful roar and I thought it was a tornado coming down and then it was like meteors coming down and hitting on the concrete and blowing up," Eric Milne said.
More than 500 hundred homes are in the Lake Viking area, and residents estimate 80 percent of them are damaged.
Homeowners said the storm came in rounds. Round one came around 8 p.m. Sunday night, and with it came heavy rain, lots of wind and baseball-sized hail. Round two: more rain, more hail and more flooding.
The storms overnight also caused significant damage in a few spots in the metro. Heavy rains and high winds knocked down branches and power lines down in some parts of the city. At 56th & Oak, a tree came down, landing on a house. No one was injured.
