More than an inch of rain fell on Lawrence in a three hour period Thursday morning.

Thunderstorms rolled into Douglas County around 4:30 a.m., and high winds and hail prompted severe thunderstorm warnings.

Wind gusts of 53 mph were measured just before 5 a.m. at Lawrence Municipal Airport, according to the National Weather Service. The bulk of the rainfall, 0.8 inches, was recorded between 5 and 6 a.m., with rain picking up again after 7 a.m.

Aside from a few, scattered power outages, Jillian Rodrigue, assistant director of Douglas County Emergency Management, said Lawrence saw very few weather-related incidents.

“There were a few places where the power was out and then came back on, but I haven’t heard of a whole lot of damage,” she said.

Hoping for a break in the weather, Rodrigue said the emergency management team planned to head to Eudora later Thursday where they have received reports of additional power outages and several fallen trees.

Lawrence had 300 customers without power as of 8 a.m., according to Westar Energy’s online outage map. About 600 customers were without power near Lecompton, and about 700 customers were without power in the area between Lawrence and Linwood, north of the Kansas River.

Just to the east, storm damage was more extensive. Media outlets in Kansas City are reporting that about 50,000 households in Kansas City were without power following the storm, and multiple trees were downed in the metro area.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through the late morning and afternoon, according to the weather service. Highs are expected to be in the lower 90s.