The risk for a strong tornado is elevated in areas north of the Kansas City metro.
DEVASTATION.TERRIBLE.NICK: IT HAS BEEN A VIOLENTTWO-WEEK STRETCH FOR THE PLANES.DONNA: AND THERE IS MORE TOCOME.WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THEWARNING SYSTEMS WE HAVE, THEYDON’T ALWAYS TO PEN ON THE LAMWHAT YOU’RE GOING TO HEAROUTSIDE BECAUSE I GUESS WE’REGOING TO HEAR SIRENS TONIGHTTHAT WE’RE ALSO GOING TO HEARTHE WEATHER RADIOS.NICK: SOME WILL HEAR SIRENS.I APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THEY DOPROVIDE FOR OUTDOORS, BUT,LISTEN, DO NOT RELY ON THOSESIRENS.MOST OF THE TIME YOU WILL NOTHEAR THEM IF YOU ARE INSIDE YOURHOUSE.IF YOU’RE OUTSIDE AND NEAR THEM,THEY CAN SERVE A GREAT PURPOSETO ALERTING YOU OF SEVEREWEATHER.IF YOU’RE INSIDE, THIS.
LIKE ATORNADO WARNING COMES OUT ANDYOU ARE MAGICALLY GOING TO HEARTHE SIRENS.PLEASE DON’T RELY ON THAT.HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS.KMBC APP IS ONE OF THEM, ANYWEATHER APP, THE NOA RADIO, ANHAVINGD THAT KNOWLEDGE THERECOULD BE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.I NEED TO CHECK BACK IN LATERTODAY WITH BRYAN BUSBY AT 4:00WILL STOP BY THEN I THINK STORMSWILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSSNORTHERN MISSOURI.WE ARE SEEING STORMS NOW JUST TOTHE NORTH OF MARYVILLE.THOSE WILL PLAY A B PART INREINFORCING OR DEFINING A WARMFRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTOF THE STATE, WHICH WILL BE THEBIG WEATH PLAYER TODAY.MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY.IT IS A HUMID MORNING.IT WILL BE A HUMID AFTERNOON.THAT IS ONE OF THE INGREDIENTFOR THE STORMS, THAT MOISTUREAND INSTABILITY.YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE ALONGTHAT FRONT, THAT BOUNDARY,WARMER TO THE SOU WHERE YOUHAVE 70’S AND NORTH OF IT, 50’SAND 60’S FROM MARYVILLE TOTRENTON.STORM-FREE ALL THE WAY THROUGHAFTERSCHOO PICKUP OR DISMISSAL,AND THEN THE EVENING DRIVE, THECHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINSTO GO UP TO 70%.SOME OF THOSE STORMS COULD BESEVERE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THEENHANCED RISK, WHICH IS JUSTABOUT EVERYBODY.FROM 4:00 UNTIL 10:00.I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WETHINK THE MOST LIKELY AREA FORTORNADOES WILL BE.TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLEEVERYWHERE IN BROWN, INCLUDINGKANSAS CITY.WITHIN THAT MEDIUM RISK, THEYELLOW, PLACES LIKE BETHANY ANDKAREN, CHEN, -- TRENTON,CHILLICOTHE, THERE’S A LOT OFINSTABILITY, HIGHLY UNSTABLEATMOSPHERE AND A LOT OFWINDSHEAR FOR STRONGLY ROTATINGTHUNDERSTORMS, SUPERCELLTHUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCETORNADOES.A STRONG TORNADO IS POSSIBLETHIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENINGACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI.ALONG WITH TORNADES, VERY LARGEHAIL, DAMAGING WIND GUSTSINCLUDING KANSAS CITY, AND THENTHE FLASH FLOOD RISK ISEVERYWHERE TONIGHT THAT GERAIN BECAUSE WE’VE HAD SO MUCHRAIN FOR SO LONG.FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A TYPE OFSEVERE WEATHER THAT IS POSSIBLEOVERNIGHT.THE NEXT CHANCE OF STORMS ISWEDNESDAY NIGHT.THOSE DO NOT LOOK SEVERE.WE HAVE DRIVE DAYS --
Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s and lower 50s with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies under a light southwest wind..
