(KAIR)--Just over a week into spring, and the local area Tuesday night received strong storms befitting of the season.

 Sirens sounded throughout Atchison County as tornado warnings were issued for the location, along with other local Kansas counties including Leavenworth and Jefferson, as well as those in nearby Missouri, such as Buchanan and Platte.

Other local areas, despite not undergoing a tornadic threat, felt the affects of the severe thunderstorms that rolled through during the late evening.  

Damage is confirmed in Saint Joseph, Missouri, where a tornado is confirmed to have touched down, causing damage, on the east side of the city.  KQ2-TV reports that a tornado is the confirmed reason for structural, and other damage, to homes in the area of Antelope Circle.  

The tornado, confirmed as an EF-1 by the National Weather Service, contained winds up to 90 mph and a path length of .3 miles.