Thursday night storms expected to stay south of Kansas City metro

Ilana Arougheti

September 19, 2024 at 10:32 p.m.·1 min read

Following earlier predictions of thunderstorms in and around Kansas City on Thursday night, the National Weather Service now expects tonight’s storms to stay south of the KC metropolitan area.

Storms are expected to hit the area from Warrensburg to Clinton, with some possible hail, according to the NWS.

Earlier tonight, a tornado warning was called along the Kansas-Missouri border from Peculiar, Missouri, to Hume, Missouri. Meanwhile, strong winds hit Fontana, Kansas, and La Cygne, Kansas, around 6:45 p.m.

The National Weather Service initially warned residents to expect a possible tornado, with storms in the metro primarily forecast before 10 p.m.

Parts of southern Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma remain under a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight.

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