Tuesday started with a bang and will continue to keep the metro on its toes as multiple rounds of storms hit the Kansas City area.Tuesday is an Alert Day for storm cells capable of producing dangerous and severe weather. The first round began sweeping across the metro area around 6 a.m. and continued to do so until about noon.The next chance for severe weather rolls in around 1 p.m. and lasts until the early evening. A tornado watch remains in effect for several communities in mid-Missouri through the early evening hours.LIVE WEATHER UPDATES:4:16 p.m. -- The Kansas City metro is no longer under the threat of severe weather as the atmosphere stabilizes following the region's early morning storms and tornados. 3:18 p.m. -- Most of the counties near Kansas City have been removed from the tornado watch originally in effect until 6 p.m. Linn, Saline and Pettis county all remain under a Tornado Watch at this time. 2:30 p.m. -- Kansas City is recording non-thunderstorm-related wind gusts of over 60 mph in some parts of the metro.2:25 p.m. -- Jackson County has been dropped from the tornado watch in effect until the early evening east of the metro. 1:09 p.m. -- The National Weather Service in Topeka says an EF1 tornado touched down just southwest of Overbrook, Kansas earlier this morning around 6 a.m. It carried winds of up to 100 mph and was on the ground for about 10 miles. The tornado lasted about 20 minutes.Two people were injured by the storm, and several structures were damaged. The two victims of the storm were inside an RV that was flipped over and destroyed.12:48 p.m.-- A new severe storm warning has been issued for Grain Valley, Oak Grove, and Richmond in Missouri. The warning is in effect until about 1:15 p.m.12:05 p.m. -- Wind resulted in some limited but notable damage in both Platte and Clay County. 11:04 a.m. -- Here's a look at the storms that quickly moved through Kearney and Smithville earlier this morning. 10:49 a.m. -- The Clay County Sheriff's Office says they have reports of downed power lines in the road at Mt. Olivet and Northeast 144th Street. There are also reports of an overturned camper at Smithville Lake campgrounds.10:33 a.m. -- A severe thunderstorm warning includes Independence, Liberty and Excelsior Springs in Missouri until 11 a.m.10:31 a.m. --The immediate threat of severe weather in the metro has passed for the early round of storms expected Tuesday. Another round of severe thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon and early evening.10:24 a.m. -- A tornado warning issued for Smithville, Kearney and Holt in Missouri has been cleared. 10:24 a.m. -- A tornado watch has been issued for large parts of Iowa and Missouri until 6 p.m. Tuesday.10:15 a.m. -- KMBC meteorologist Nick Bender has spotted a possible tornado lifting off the ground just northeast of Smithville and heading into Paradise in Missouri. Winds were moving very fast in the area, between 55 and 65 mph.10:11 a.m. -- A tornado warning has been issued for Smithville, Kearney and Holt, in Missouri. The warning is in effect until 10:30 a.m.10:01 a.m. -- The first damage reports are starting to come in from storms that hit north of the metro. There have been multiple reports of damaged roofs and destroyed grain bins.9:56 a.m. -- The Kansas City metro has been issued a severe thunderstorm warning that will stay in effect until 10:45 a.m. Areas included in the warning include Kansas City, Overland Park and KCK.9:19 a.m. -- Two areas of interest are presenting severe wind threats in northwest Missouri. A second line of storms is making its way toward the Kansas City metro, which could also present potentially severe winds.9:02 a.m. -- A severe thunderstorm or tornado watch will likely be issued in the next couple of hours for additional areas in Kansas and Missouri. 8:59 a.m. -- Utility companies in Nodaway County report power lines down with outages reported in and around Maryville, Missouri. 8:56 a.m. -- The severe thunderstorm warning for Andrew, Holt, and Nodaway Counties has been allowed to expire. 8:52 a.m. -- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, and Worth Counties in Missouri until 9:30 a.m.8:45 a.m. -- The NWS has removed Atchison and Doniphan Counties in Kansas and Atchison County in Missouri from the severe thunderstorm warning. The warning continues until 9 a.m. for Andrew, Holt, and Nodaway Counties in Missouri. 8:14 a.m. -- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for Andrew, Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway Counties in Missouri and Atchison and Doniphan Counties in Kansas until 9 a.m.7 a.m. -- Officials at KCI say an American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after taking off in Kansas City when it was hit by lightning. Click here to read more. 6:55 a.m. -- The tornado warning for Jefferson County, Kansas, has been allowed to expire.6:49 a.m. -- The tornado warning has been canceled for Douglas County, Kansas. 6:40 a.m. -- The TORNADO WARNING for Douglas County, Kansas has been extended until 7:15 a.m. Jefferson County, Kansas has been added to this warning.6:39 a.m. -- The National Weather Service has confirmed this supercell produced a second tornado Tuesday morning near Richland, Kansas - in the southeastern corner of Shawnee County. 6:19 a.m. -- A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for Douglas, Osage, and Shawnee counties in Kansas until 6:45 a.m.It's important to note this system has a history of creating tornadoes with a possible tornado earlier this morning near Eureka, Kansas. Tuesday morning is starting with a bang, and a few rumbles for the Kansas City area.Tuesday is an Alert for multiple rounds of thunderstorms, the first of which will begin sweeping across the metro area around 6 a.m.Click here to track radar. The first round will consist of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms lasting until around noon.While most of the morning storms will only produce lightning, gusty winds, and downpours, some could produce severe weather.The most likely severe weather threat is small hail and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. However, it's important to note a brief tornado cannot be ruled out.To that note, a TORNADO WATCH has been issued for a number of Kansas counties, including Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee until 9 a.m.Click here to track active alerts for your area. Strong winds throughout the day, gusting up to 45 miles per hour, will result in another very warm and humid afternoon. There is a chance that additional thunderstorms will develop as the cold front pushed through between noon and 7 p.m. east of Interstate 35 into central and northern Missouri.Tuesday afternoon's storms are highly dependent on how much instability the atmosphere can recover after morning clouds and rain. What that means: Sun can create instability. If enough instability can redevelop ahead of the cold front, thunderstorms this afternoon could produce all types of severe weather, especially as they approach and cross eastward over 65-Highway. Stay with the First Alert Weather Team for updates, and make sure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts, such as the KMBC 9 News app or a NOAA Weather radio.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Tuesday started with a bang and will continue to keep the metro on its toes as multiple rounds of storms hit the Kansas City area.
Tuesday is an Alert Day for storm cells capable of producing dangerous and severe weather. The first round began sweeping across the metro area around 6 a.m. and continued to do so until about noon.
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The next chance for severe weather rolls in around 1 p.m. and lasts until the early evening.
A tornado watch remains in effect for several communities in mid-Missouri through the early evening hours.
LIVE WEATHER UPDATES:
4:16 p.m. -- The Kansas City metro is no longer under the threat of severe weather as the atmosphere stabilizes following the region's early morning storms and tornados.
3:18 p.m. -- Most of the counties near Kansas City have been removed from the tornado watch originally in effect until 6 p.m. Linn, Saline and Pettis county all remain under a Tornado Watch at this time.
2:30 p.m. -- Kansas City is recording non-thunderstorm-related wind gusts of over 60 mph in some parts of the metro.
2:25 p.m. -- Jackson County has been dropped from the tornado watch in effect until the early evening east of the metro.
1:09 p.m. -- The National Weather Service in Topeka says an EF1 tornado touched down just southwest of Overbrook, Kansas earlier this morning around 6 a.m. It carried winds of up to 100 mph and was on the ground for about 10 miles.
The tornado lasted about 20 minutes.
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An EF1 tornado touched down SW of Overbrook and was on the ground for 10 miles hitting Richmond. It had winds of 100 mph, damaging several structure and injuring two people. #kswx pic.twitter.com/HK1pG2JPVk
— NWS Topeka (@NWSTopeka) April 16, 2024
Two people were injured by the storm, and several structures were damaged. The two victims of the storm were inside an RV that was flipped over and destroyed.
12:48 p.m.-- A new severe storm warning has been issued for Grain Valley, Oak Grove, and Richmond in Missouri. The warning is in effect until about 1:15 p.m.
12:05 p.m. -- Wind resulted in some limited but notable damage in both Platte and Clay County.
11:04 a.m. -- Here's a look at the storms that quickly moved through Kearney and Smithville earlier this morning.
10:49 a.m. -- The Clay County Sheriff's Office says they have reports of downed power lines in the road at Mt. Olivet and Northeast 144th Street. There are also reports of an overturned camper at Smithville Lake campgrounds.
10:33 a.m. -- A severe thunderstorm warning includes Independence, Liberty and Excelsior Springs in Missouri until 11 a.m.
10:31 a.m. --The immediate threat of severe weather in the metro has passed for the early round of storms expected Tuesday. Another round of severe thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon and early evening.
10:24 a.m. -- A tornado warning issued for Smithville, Kearney and Holt in Missouri has been cleared.
10:24 a.m. -- A tornado watch has been issued for large parts of Iowa and Missouri until 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Iowa and Missouri until 6 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/QcN8NkClBq
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) April 16, 2024
10:15 a.m. -- KMBC meteorologist Nick Bender has spotted a possible tornado lifting
off the ground just northeast of Smithville and heading into Paradise in Missouri.
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10:15 PM. Possible tornado lifting just northeast of Smithville, MO into Paradise, MO. Take your tornado precautions now! @kmbc #mowx pic.twitter.com/lqUXSIiilP
— Nick Bender (@NickBenderKMBC) April 16, 2024
Winds were moving very fast in the area, between 55 and 65 mph.
10:11 a.m. -- A tornado warning has been issued for Smithville, Kearney and Holt, in Missouri. The warning is in effect until 10:30 a.m.
10:01 a.m. -- The first damage reports are starting to come in from storms that hit north of the metro. There have been multiple reports of damaged roofs and destroyed grain bins.
9:56 a.m. -- The Kansas City metro has been issued a severe thunderstorm warning that will stay in effect until 10:45 a.m.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Kansas City MO, Overland Park KS and Kansas City KS until 10:45 AM CDT pic.twitter.com/QUbNoHNyTM
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) April 16, 2024
Areas included in the warning include Kansas City, Overland Park and KCK.
9:19 a.m. -- Two areas of interest are presenting severe wind threats in northwest Missouri. A second line of storms is making its way toward the Kansas City metro, which could also present potentially severe winds.
9:02 a.m. -- A severe thunderstorm or tornado watch will likely be issued in the next couple of hours for additional areas in Kansas and Missouri.
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9 AM. A Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch will likely be issued (80% chance) within the next couple hours for portions of Kansas and Missouri. This may include Kansas City. @kmbc https://t.co/XORzHDyjYC
— Nick Bender (@NickBenderKMBC) April 16, 2024
8:59 a.m. -- Utility companies in Nodaway County report power lines down with outages reported in and around Maryville, Missouri.
8:56 a.m. -- The severe thunderstorm warning for Andrew, Holt, and Nodaway Counties has been allowed to expire.
8:52 a.m. -- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, and Worth Counties in Missouri until 9:30 a.m.
8:45 a.m. -- The NWS has removed Atchison and Doniphan Counties in Kansas and Atchison County in Missouri from the severe thunderstorm warning.
The warning continues until 9 a.m. for Andrew, Holt, and Nodaway Counties in Missouri.
8:14 a.m. -- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for Andrew, Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway Counties in Missouri and Atchison and Doniphan Counties in Kansas until 9 a.m.
7 a.m. -- Officials at KCI say an American Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after taking off in Kansas City when it was hit by lightning. Click here to read more.
6:55 a.m. -- The tornado warning for Jefferson County, Kansas, has been allowed to expire.
6:49 a.m. -- The tornado warning has been canceled for Douglas County, Kansas.
6:40 a.m. -- The TORNADO WARNING for Douglas County, Kansas has been extended until 7:15 a.m. Jefferson County, Kansas has been added to this warning.
6:39 a.m. -- The National Weather Service has confirmed this supercell produced a second tornado Tuesday morning near Richland, Kansas - in the southeastern corner of Shawnee County.
6:19 a.m. -- A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for Douglas, Osage, and Shawnee counties in Kansas until 6:45 a.m.
It's important to note this system has a history of creating tornadoes with a possible tornado earlier this morning near Eureka, Kansas.
Tuesday morning is starting with a bang, and a few rumbles for the Kansas City area.
Tuesday is an Alert for multiple rounds of thunderstorms, the first of which will begin sweeping across the metro area around 6 a.m.
Click here to track radar.
The first round will consist of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms lasting until around noon.
While most of the morning storms will only produce lightning, gusty winds, and downpours, some could produce severe weather.
The most likely severe weather threat is small hail and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. However, it's important to note a brief tornado cannot be ruled out.
To that note, a TORNADO WATCH has been issued for a number of Kansas counties, including Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee until 9 a.m.
Click here to track active alerts for your area.
Strong winds throughout the day, gusting up to 45 miles per hour, will result in another very warm and humid afternoon.
There is a chance that additional thunderstorms will develop as the cold front pushed through between noon and 7 p.m. east of Interstate 35 into central and northern Missouri.
Tuesday afternoon's storms are highly dependent on how much instability the atmosphere can recover after morning clouds and rain.
What that means: Sun can create instability. If enough instability can redevelop ahead of the cold front, thunderstorms this afternoon could produce all types of severe weather, especially as they approach and cross eastward over 65-Highway.
Stay with the First Alert Weather Team for updates, and make sure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts, such as the KMBC 9 News app or a NOAA Weather radio.
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