First Alert: KC metro now under a Tornado Watch
The Watch lasts until 1 a.m.
First Alert: KC metro now under a Tornado Watch
The Watch lasts until 1 a.m.
WEBVTT IT GETS CUSTOMERS ADDITIONAL MONITORING A RESOURCES. HALEY: BRYAN, A LOT OF YOUR CONCERN TONIGHT WITH THE STORMS IS THE WINDS. BRYAN: GUSTING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITHOUT A THUNDERSTORM OVERHEAD. ADD THE TWO TOGETHER. THE WINDS, THE FORWARD MOVEMENT AND THE WINDS AVAILABLE UP ABOVE, THE JET STREAM WINDS GET MIXED DOWN AND GET VERY STRONG. WE COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 60 OR 70 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE STRONGER CELLS. A LOOK AT FIRST ALERT RADAR. YOU SEE THE POSITION OF JOHNNY ROWLANDS IN NEWS CHOPPER 9 AND NICK BENDER IN STORM TRACKER 1. THIS LINE IS HOLDING TOGETHER, A COUPLE OF TORNADO WARNINGS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE LINE ITSELF. AS YOU NOTICE, VERY LITTLE INFLOW FARTHER DOWN TO WHERE NICK IS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER CHANCES, IF WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE TORNADO THREAT MAY BE CONTAINED NORTH AND TO THE WEST OF KANSAS CITY SHORT TERM. THE ONLY TORNADO WARNING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, STILL NORTHERN PORTIONS OF RILEY COUNTY ON THE KANSAS SIDE. IF YOU CAN DO SOME SIMPLE ARITHMETIC AND SEE WHICH WAY THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HEADING TO THE NORTHEAST, THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE LINE ACTIVE WITH THE TORNADO WARNINGS, WE MAY SEE THE COUNTIES UP TOWARD LEAVENWORTH BE INCLUDED IN SOME SORT OF WATCH AND MAY INCLUDE KANSAS CITY, TOO, FOR LATER ON TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH AND MONITOR FOR YOU. FLASH FLOODING CAN BE AN ISSUE AS WELL FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS STARTING AT 7:00 TONIGHT AND NOT LIFTING UNTIL 7:00 TOMORROW. WITH OUR CITY VIEW CAMERA, TRAFFIC ALMOST AT A STANDSTILL, 78 DEGREES, GUSTS UP TO 25 MILES AN HOUR, WHAT STEVEN AND HALEY ND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOING TO BE GUSTING AND THE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE AREA. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES, STILL FAIRLY WARM. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN THE HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST, FROM 7:00 ON, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FIRST ALERT PRACTICES IN PLACE, FALL NEAR 80 DRESS BY 7:00, 10:00, 66 AND THE CHANCES OF RAIN SHOULD BE INCREASING AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. THAT COULD MAKE FOLKS A LITTLE NERVOUS, SINCE YOU CAN'T SEE IT, WHY IS THE WIND PICKING UP SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TO DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK, FOUR OUT OF FIVE ON THE SCALE, SEVERAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER, DAMAGING WINDS, THE NUMBER ONE THING WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. THE TIMING BETWEEN 7:00 AND 1:00 IN THE MORNING. AFTER THE WIND THREAT GOES THE HAIL, FLASH FLOODING AS I JUST - OUTLINED AND A TORNADO OR TWO - CAN'T BE RULED OUT WITH ALL OF THIS ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY GOING ON WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING CLOSER TO US. HERE COME THE THUNDERSTORMS, A POSSIBILITY AND THEN A LINE TRIES TO MOVE THROUGH AFTER 9:00 OR SO. THAT LEAVES BY 11:00. SOME COULD HAVE DECENT AMOUNTS OF RAIN, POSSIBLY AN INCH OR TWO. 7:00 TOMORROW MORNING, A FEW STRAY HIT-OR-MISS SHOWERS. YOU SEE THAT IN THE HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST. BY 4:00 TO 6:00 TOMORROW EVENING, ANOTHER THREAT FOR AT LEAST SOME SEVERE WEATHER AND THIS WILL BE RIGHT OVER MOST OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO WEST OF STATE LINE, IT INCLUDES JOHNSON COUNTY, AND HERE IT IS ON FUTURE SCAN GOING THROUGH THAT PORTION OF THE DAY, MOST OF IT DRY. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, MORE STORMS START TO POP UP AND FIRE AND SOME OF THOSE COULD BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE, TOO. WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE HAVE ONE MORE SEVERE WEATHER DAY TO GET THROUGH, THAT BE TOMORROW, 65 TO 85 DEGREES, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, DRYING OUT. SUNDAY, 20% TO 30% OF A COUPLE OF STRAY SHOWERS. NEXT WEEK, 70'S FOR HIGHS, 50'S FOR LOWS. THOSE THREATS DON'T LOOK AT SEVERE AS WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH TONIGHT. STEVEN: GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON OUR NEWS APP. YOU CAN GET UP TO THE MINUTE RADAR AVA
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First Alert: KC metro now under a Tornado Watch
The Watch lasts until 1 a.m.
The entire Kansas City metro under now under a Tornado Watch. The Watch will last until 1 a.m. Thursday morning.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
The entire Kansas City metro under now under a Tornado Watch. The Watch will last until 1 a.m. Thursday morning.
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