Powerful winds from severe thunderstorms down trees, knock out power in parts of KC area
Powerful thunderstorms with strong winds knocked trees and power lines, leaving nearly 19,000 customers without power Monday morning in the Kansas City area.
Evergy reported that at its peak, 93,000 customers were without power across its entire service area, which includes the Kansas City metro and eastern Kansas down to Wichita.
As of 1:15 p.m., more than 5,800 customers were without power in the Kansas City metro area, which includes Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri.
Johnson County has the highest number, with 2,519 customers remaining without power, followed by Clay County with 2,260, Platte County with 590 and Jackson County with 466 customers without power.
Meanwhile, in Wyandotte County, the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities reported that nearly 3,690 customers were without power. Elsewhere in the metro, Independence Power and Light reported power had been restored to all of its customers.
As the storms pushed through, the National Weather Service warned winds gusting up to 60 mph were possible.
Where was the storm damage?
Local storm reports to the weather service indicated:
- Tree limbs were downed near West 64th Street and Monticello Road in Shawnee.
- Downed trees and limbs near Johnson Drive in Shawnee
- Downed limbs and property damage on W. 183rd Street near Gardner.
- Downed power lines and power outages near Woodland Avenue near Grandview.
- Multiple trees down near West 87th and Riley streets in Overland Park.
- Downed trees and wires in Prairie Village.
- Downed lines and power outages near Oak Street in Pleasant Hill.
- Multiple limbs down and power out near Loose Park in Kansas City.
- A garage door was blown out, and multiple trees and limbs were down in Parkville.
- Several downed trees in Tonganoxie.
- Downed trees and limbs along Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard near Oak Street in Kansas City.
- Downed lines and power outages near Antioch Road in Gladstone.
- Downed power lines and outages near Zay Drive in Excelsior Springs.
- A 36-inch tree snapped at the base and fell on a car west of Leavenworth. No injuries.
Crews were working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible for customers, Evergy said on X, formerly known as Twitter, Sunday night.
This story was originally published May 20, 2024 at 7:30 AM.
