Severe storms could bring damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes to KC area. Here’s when
Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible as dangerously hot conditions return to parts of the Kansas City area on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The storms are expected to sweep through the region in the afternoon and evening, bringing the chance of large hail, damaging winds and maybe some tornadoes, the weather service said.
Areas east of the immediate Kansas City metro area from central Missouri into southern Illinois are at a greater risk of seeing the severe weather and tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.
Cloud cover and rain from morning thunderstorms could “significantly affect the forecast,” the weather service said.
The Kansas City area is under a heat advisory from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday as portions of east, central and northeast Kansas and central, northwest and west-central Missouri could see heat index values soar up to 110 degrees, according to the weather service.
Dangerously hot conditions will most likely be along and south of Interstate 70.
“Uncertainty exists north of the Missouri River due to potential for cloud cover to linger through the day,” the weather service said. “If cloud cover can erode, heat indices will climb into the 100-105 range.”
Otherwise, they are more likely remain in the 90s.
Chances of showers and thunderstorms continue through the end of the week and into the weekend. Temperatures, however, are expected to fall back to near normal, which is 89 degrees for this time of year in the metro.
Drier air and cooler conditions are expected next week, with temperatures possibly being five to 10 degrees below normal, the weather service said.
