More than one thousand St. Joseph residents remain without power early this afternoon following a severe storm that packed winds topping 80 miles an hour, taking down power lines and trees limbs throughout the evening.&nbsp;

A severe storm gathered strength late Friday evening, prompting several warnings from the National Weather Service in Kansas City. NWS issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Leavenworth and Wathena, Kansas shortly after 9:30pm. Rosecrans Memorial Airport, located across the Missouri River from St. Joseph, reported 82 mph winds around 10pm, according to NWS.&nbsp;

The storm knocked out power throughout the Midland Empire.&nbsp;

Evergy reports early this afternoon that 1,189 St. Joseph residents remain without power from 265 outages. A total of nearly 3,000 Evergy customers in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas remain without power.&nbsp;

The National Weather Service in Kansas City forecasts scattered storms could return to northwest Missouri Saturday afternoon, moving east to southeast with central Missouri and southeast Missouri expected to take the brunt of this storm system later this afternoon into the evening.&nbsp;

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMore than one thousand St. Joseph residents remain without power early this afternoon following a severe storm that packed winds topping 80 miles an hour, taking down power lines and trees limbs throughout the evening.&nbsp;A severe storm gathered strength late Friday evening, prompting several warnings from the National Weather Service in Kansas City. NWS issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Leavenworth and Wathena, Kansas shortly after 9:30pm. Rosecrans Memorial Airport, located across the Missouri River from St. Joseph, reported 82 mph winds around 10pm, according to NWS.&nbsp;The storm knocked out power throughout the Midland Empire.&nbsp;Evergy reports early this afternoon that 1,189 St. Joseph residents remain without power from 265 outages. A total of nearly 3,000 Evergy customers in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas remain without power.&nbsp;The National Weather Service in Kansas City forecasts scattered storms could return to northwest Missouri Saturday afternoon, moving east to southeast with central Missouri and southeast Missouri expected to take the brunt of this storm system later this afternoon into the evening.&nbsp;

Some St. Joe residents remain without power after severe storm