WEATHER BLOG: Strong storm system brought multiple hazards including strong winds, fire danger
The area remains under a Red Flag Warning and High Wind Warning through Friday evening
ABOUT 60 MILES AN HOUR. SO IT’S NOT GOING TO LAST MUCH LONGER. AND ACCORDING TO FIRST ALERT, FUTURESCAN, IT’S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON THE MONEY AS TO THE POSITION AND THE STRENGTH OF IT AND WHAT’S CURRENTLY HAPPENING. BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. BY 6:00 IT IS PRETTY MUCH CLEARED. THE VIEWING REGION. BY 7:00 IT HAS MOVED FARTHER TO THE EAST, BUT THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING COLUMBIA-JEFFERSON CITY FARTHER TO THE EAST. SUN IS SETTING LATER BECAUSE OF THE TIME CHANGE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS LINE CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY, WE COULD SEE THE THREAT OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER, DAMAGING WINDS, DAMAGING HAIL AND TORNADOES AFTER THE SUN SETS. SO IF YOUR PLANS TAKE YOU FARTHER OUT TO THE EAST OR YOU HAVE RELATIVES OUT THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY THEY KNOW THEY NEED TO BE PLUGGED IN ON THAT. OUR WINDS WILL SLOWLY BUT SURELY DIE DOWN. BUT STILL, THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE ON A GUSTY NOTE, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND THAT’S WHY STILL AN ALERT DAY, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS OR SO. SEVERE WEATHER RISKS, WINDY CONDITIONS AS WELL. SOME AREAS HAVE SOME SUNSHINE, BUT STILL THE GUSTS UP TO 50 AND 60 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY ON THE EASTERNMOST PORTION OF THE VIEWING AREA. LIKE WE SAID, EAST OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. BUT THEN THIS WEEKEND WE TURN COOLER. NOW REMEMBER, WE’RE VERY CLOSE TO 80 DEGREES TODAY. OUR NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 50S. AND THAT’S WE’RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES. SO ALTHOUGH IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER BY A LOT, IT’S ABOUT WHAT YOU’D EXPECT. AS WE’RE HEADING INTO SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. HIGHS IN THE 50S. LOWS IN THE 30S NEAR NORMAL. BUT THE TROUBLE IS WE’RE STILL GOING TO SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS, MAYBE NOT TO 60 OR 70 MILES AN HOUR, BUT STILL EVERY BIT OF 40 OR 50 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS FOR SOME OF THOSE AREAS. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY. 63 THIS EVENING, THAT SEVERE WEATHER RISK GOING DOWN TONIGHT. WINDY BUT DRY 46 WILL BE THE MORNING START. AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY, BLUSTERY, A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 53 DEGREES. BUT AS MENTIONED THE RAIN THREAT IS OVER. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A STORM SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO INTERACT WITH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. EASTERN PORTIONS OF MISSOURI, GOING FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AS WELL. AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO BE A NIGHTTIME EVENT FOR THEM. WE’RE STILL GOING TO CLEAR OUT, AT LEAST FROM THE RAIN AND THE THUNDERSTORMS, OBVIOUSLY. TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXCLUSIVE FIRST ALERT NODAWAY FORECAST ALONG WITH ME, 46 TO 53 DEGREES. BLUSTERY. WHETHER YOU’RE GOING FOR A DAY GAME OR A NIGHT SPORTING OR FOR THE CURRENT, IT’S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT WILL BE WINDY. OUR NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IS 55. THE WINDS WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR, OCCASIONALLY HIGHER THAN THAT. AND THE TEMPERATURES DON’T RISE QUICKLY. WITH A SUN CLOUD MIX AND A HIGH TEMPERATURE. THEN, AS YOU SAW, 53 DEGREES 57 ON SUNDAY, LOOK AT THE IRISH UP TO 74 DEGREES. BUT ANOTHER SMALLER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH BY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, COOLING US BACK DOWN WHERE WE SHOULD BE. SO A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE 70S, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE GO BACK TO THE 50S, 52 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY, A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, FIRST DAY OF SPRING WILL FEEL MORE LIKE IT. 54 THEN WARMING BACK THROUGH THE 60S FOR THE R
The National Weather Service has removed the Kansas City area from the Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the night. However, a High Wind Warning remains in place through the evening with wind gusts up to 60 mph possible, along with a Red Flag Warning due to increased fire danger.Friday is a First Alert Weather Alert Day due to the ongoing risk for high winds and fire danger. The area is under a Red Flag Warning and High Wind Warning until 10 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.These strong winds will contribute to critical fire weather conditions this afternoon and evening as relative humidity drops and temperatures remain very warm. This doesn’t mean random fires will break out everywhere; rather, if a fire does ignite, it could spread rapidly and unpredictably under these conditions.Friday’s severe thunderstorms quickly diminished, rolling through the area at a high rate of speed. But, not without causing problems.At least one person was taken to an area hospital after a vehicle was crushed by a falling tree during the height of the storm in Blue Springs, Missouri. In Ray County, Missouri, a semi-truck was blown over on Missouri 210 Highway near Pendleton Road according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.Widespread damage was reported to trees and power poles as a result of this storm.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The National Weather Service has removed the Kansas City area from the Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the night. However, a High Wind Warning remains in place through the evening with wind gusts up to 60 mph possible, along with a Red Flag Warning due to increased fire danger.
Friday is a First Alert Weather Alert Day due to the ongoing risk for high winds and fire danger.
The area is under a Red Flag Warning and High Wind Warning until 10 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.
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These strong winds will contribute to critical fire weather conditions this afternoon and evening as relative humidity drops and temperatures remain very warm.
This doesn’t mean random fires will break out everywhere; rather, if a fire does ignite, it could spread rapidly and unpredictably under these conditions.
Friday’s severe thunderstorms quickly diminished, rolling through the area at a high rate of speed. But, not without causing problems.
At least one person was taken to an area hospital after a vehicle was crushed by a falling tree during the height of the storm in Blue Springs, Missouri.
In Ray County, Missouri, a semi-truck was blown over on Missouri 210 Highway near Pendleton Road according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Widespread damage was reported to trees and power poles as a result of this storm.
