Hail, strong winds, maybe a tornado possible as thunderstorms move through Kansas City
It will be a stormy day in the Kansas City metro as strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the area, bringing the threat of large hail, strong winds and maybe even a tornado, said to FOX4 meteorologist Karli Ritter.
“Later on today we are going to be talking about the potential for rain and even a few thunderstorms that could be on the strong to severe side as early as 11 a.m. to noon and then continuing through three or four o’clock,” said Ritter, who provides weather updates to The Star.
The storms are expected to develop around or just south of the Kansas City area and then lift off to the north. Some of the storms are expected to be strong to severe storms.
“With the ones that are strong to severe our biggest concern is going to be hail up to an inch in diameter,” Ritter said. “But like last Monday, perhaps even a brief spin up possible.”
Rain is expected to remain in the forecast overnight into Wednesday morning, along with a lot of cloud cover. Kansas City’s next chance of rain returns on Wednesday night.
“Highs are going to be in the 50s and 60s for the next seven days and we have one more chance for rain after that on Saturday morning,” Ritter said.
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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 23, 2021 at 7:57 AM.
