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The tornado watch is through 7 p.m. Wichita now also falls in an area where more severe weather is ... The area under the tornado watch includes about 40% of Kansas’ 105 counties, starting from ...
The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch shortly before 3 p.m. for parts of the Kansas City forecast area, including seven counties in Kansas and 36 counties in Missouri.
Update: A tornado warning has been called at the northwestern point of Missouri until 9:45 p.m., encompassing Fairfax, Corning and Skidmore. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch ...
The Kansas City area is under an enhanced risk of severe weather, while areas north of the metro, including St. Joseph, are under moderate risk. There is some uncertainty in the forecast.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
NEXRAD radar imagery of an EF2 tornado near Alta Vista, Kansas on March 13, 2024 (supercell with hook echo on left, velocity on right). The weather system responsible for the outbreak was evident multiple days prior, but the area that received the worst tornadoes was not expected to be the main threat.
The weather service said the severe weather threat in the Kansas City area will be between 4 and 10 p.m. The primary threats are large hail, damaging winds and a few strong tornadoes.
Severe weather activity became more isolated and scattered on May 27, marking the end of the outbreak sequence. In all, 248 tornadoes occurred during the outbreak sequence; 20 (+1 indirect) people were killed by tornadoes while 10 other people died due to non-tornadic events as well. Over 240 people were injured.