Slim chance for a tornado as strong to severe storms roll through the Kansas City area
It will be worth watching the weather Monday as strong to severe storms are expected to roll through the Kansas City area bringing a slim chance for a tornado, said FOX4 meteorologist Karli Ritter.
“Later on today, we’re going to be topping out in the mid- maybe some upper-50s,” said Ritter, who provides weather updates to The Star.
“But the bigger story here is we are going to see more thunderstorms for some of you developing later on today and some of those storms that develop could be strong to severe,” she said. “There’s even a very, very slim chance that we could have a quick spin up including right here in the immediate metro. So we’re going to be watching this very closely.”
The severe weather isn’t expected until later in the day, but a few showers could pop up by noon, she said. Storm activity increases in the metro between noon and 4 p.m. Monday.
“Some individual little strong, borderline severe storms could be developing with hail a possibility or that quick spin up as this rotation around this low continues,” Ritter said. “So we’re going to have to watch this very closely until about 10 o’clock tonight.”
After that the threat for rain moves out, Ritter said. But Kansas City will continue in a soggy stretch of weather.
“In fact, between now and most of the week, we’re going to be talking about off-and-on rain that could result in another one to three inches,” Ritter said. “After Thursday though, we’ll settle into a drier and eventually warmer and brighter forecast for the weekend.”
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The Star produced this weather update in partnership with the local FOX4 television station. The station’s meteorologists create forecast videos multiple times a day for the newspaper to include in its weather reports.
This story was originally published March 15, 2021 at 8:45 AM.
