Pockets of heavy rain likely as scattered showers, thunderstorms push through Kansas City
Showers and thunderstorms pushing their way through the Kansas City area were likely to bring pockets of heavy rain to the metro Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said.
The storms were not expected to organize into a continuous line of storms that track over the same area, like what has happened the past two nights in central Missouri, the weather service said. Rather, they should remain in the scattered to widespread range.
Severe weather conditions are also not expected from the morning showers.
Another round of thunderstorms may be possible Thursday afternoon or evening in the southern part of the Kansas City area, primarily south of U.S. 50 highway. Isolated severe thunderstorms will be possible with large hail or damaging winds the primary threats, the weather service said.
Hot and humid conditions are also expected. Dangerous heat is expected in eastern, central Kansas and west-central Missouri, where heat index values are expected to rise to around 100 degrees. Cloud cover could limit how hot conditions get.
Chances for showers and thunderstorms continue into the weekend, with the next Kansas City’s next severe weather threat coming on Saturday, the weather service said.
There is a risk of severe thunderstorms across portions of the Central Plains into western Iowa and Missouri, which includes Kansas City, Omaha, Wichita and Des Moines, according to the weather service’s Storm Prediction Center.
The most likely hazards from these storms are large hail and damaging winds. The threat of tornadoes is low.
Cooler and drier air is expected to move into the Kansas City area early next week. This will give the metro a break from the hot weather as temperatures are expected to drop near or several degrees below normal, the weather service said.
Typically, temperatures only reach 89 degrees this time of year in Kansas City.
This story was originally published August 3, 2023 at 7:10 AM.
