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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 ...
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 ...
A large tornado was reported at 7:54 p.m. Wednesday to be on the ground near Volland, an unincorporated community in eastern Wabaunsee County, the weather service's Topeka office's website said.
The severe weather is expected to hit the Wichita area between 5-9 p.m. The storm could include up to golf ball-sized hail, wind gusts up to 80 mph and a few tornadoes.
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 ...
An intense supercell developed in north-central Kansas, producing large hail in excess of 2 in (51 mm), tornadoes, and a wind gust to 71 kn (82 mph; 131 km/h) near Russell, [22] eventually growing upscale as additional convective clusters formed to the southwest. [23]
Numerous PDS tornado warnings were issued for large tornadoes near Cedar Vale, Kansas, as well as Newkirk, Oklahoma. However, much of the western part of the risk area remained storm free for much of the day. As the day went on, supercells in the center of the main risk area waned, and a more linear mode developed. [48]
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.