At least five people were killed when a violent storm raced across North Texas Saturday night, however the Austin metro area was mostly spared with only some slight rain and hail that brought significantly cooler temperatures Sunday morning followed by sunny skies.

The National Weather Service has confirmed that three tornadoes touched down around Dallas Saturday evening, including one in Canton that killed at least five people. Another 55 were taken to area hospitals, according to Van Zandt County officials, as the roaring funnel swallowed cars, flattened homes and uprooted trees in the small Texas town.

On Sunday morning, the weather service was sending crews to survey the area.

In Austin overnight, most areas saw less than a quarter-inch of rain with isolated areas receiving about a half-inch, meteorologist Larry Hopper said. Elevated thunderstorms produced significant lightning and some pea sized hail. The highest wind gusts measured around 40 mph as the front moved into the area on Saturday, Hopper said. However, the severity of storms in Central Texas was less significant than had been expected.

By 7 a.m. Sunday, most of the rain had cleared out of Austin and moved east.

"The storms are basically going to be ending here in the next hour or two hours," Hopper said early Sunday.

Temperatures at Camp Mabry in Austin measured 52 degrees on Sunday morning.

Through the day, Central Texans can expect sunny skies and significantly cooler temperatures with highs measuring around 76 degrees. Elevated winds between 10 and 15 mph will continue into the afternoon, meteorologists said. Some gusts in excess of 20 mph are expected through the day, the service said.

The northern winds will keep temperatures cool into Sunday evening, when lows are expected to dip to 52 degrees, but those should lessen at night leaving warmer, sunny skies on Monday morning. Temperatures at the start of the week will likely measure in the mid-80s. Chances for storms are not expected to reappear until Tuesday night, forecasters said.