Severe storms possible in northern Kansas and Missouri

KIND OF FEELS A LITTLE WARM. AND THEN FOR SOME OF US, WE HAVE SOME THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY UP INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF MISSOURI WHERE THERE’S A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WILL GO UNTIL 10:00 THIS EVENING. SO IF YOU LIVE UP NEAR THE MISSOURI, IOWA BORDER, YOU MIGHT TAKE A LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW AND YOU SEE SOME BIG THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS. THERE ARE SOME CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE FINDING SOME OF THE RAIN. AND STORMS. NOW, THE METRO AREAS SOUTHWARD. WE ARE DRY. REALLY NOTHING TO SEE THE AREA THAT WE’RE MONITORING THOUGH, THAT HAS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS RIGHT UP ALONG THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER. SO THAT’S THE AREA DEALING WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND THE STRONGEST OF THOSE STORMS COULD HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60, 70 MILES. AN HOUR. WE COULD HAVE SOME UPWARDS OF A HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL, MAYBE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AS WELL. SO WE’RE GOING TO ZOOM IN ON THE AREA THAT WE’RE MONITORING. SO NEAR RIDGEWAY, NEAR BETHANY, ALSO TOWARDS PRINCETON AND SPICKARD AND NORTHERN MISSOURI NEAR GILMAN CITY AND APPROACHING TRENTON. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT WIND PICKING UP, THE RAIN PICKING UP AS WELL. ABOUT 336 LIGHTNING STRIKES. SO THAT LIGHTNING STRIKE COUNT IS COMING DOWN A LITTLE. SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. AN INDICATION THAT THESE STORMS MIGHT NOT BE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE. ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES AGO. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE SLIDING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST, BUT EVENTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF SPOTTY STORMS, NOT QUITE AS ORGANIZED AS WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, BUT SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE METRO LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY ON OUR THURSDAY MORNING FOR RIGHT NOW, UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S. SO TYPICAL TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT’S A LITTLE HOTTER FOR YOU IN LAWRENCE AND OTTAWA, BOTH AT 93 DEGREES 87. IN KANSAS CITY, 88 IN BELTON. WE HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, BUT IT’S KIND OF HAZY SUNSHINE HERE. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW HAZY OUR VIEW IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST 87. OUR HUMIDITY THOUGH 48%. SO IT’S NOT TOO HUMID OUT THERE, BUT THERE IS SOME MOISTURE IN THE AIR, SO GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING, THAT SEVERE RISK THAT WILL MAINLY BE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI A LITTLE BIT INTO NORTHERN KANSAS AS WELL. THEN AT TEN AND MIDNIGHT, WE’LL SEE IF ANY OF THOSE STORMS DO MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN INTO THE METRO. AND FUTURESCAN DOES INDICATE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT HERE, HOW THOSE STORMS START TO DEVELOP AND DRIFT A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH OVERNIGHT. SPOTTY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING THAT TO BE SEVERE. THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A FEW SPRINKLES TOMORROW MORNING. LIGHT RAIN, VERY HIT AND MISS. MOST OF US MISSING TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN WATCH AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP, BUT THEY’LL MORE SO BE SOUTH INSTEAD OF BEING NORTH. THEY’RE GOING TO BE SOUTH. GARNETT LA CYGNE BUTLER OVER TOWARDS CLINTON AND WARSAW. YOU MIGHT SEE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON TO THE EVENING. THEN THOSE STORMS WILL FIZZLE OUT. SO YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, SLIM CHANCES FOR SOME SPRINKLES EARLY. OTHERWISE WE’RE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY SUNNY GOING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. UPPER 80S. SLIM CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. THOSE WILL MOSTLY BE SOUTH OF THE METRO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LOTS OF SUNSHINE LOWER TO SOME MIDDLE 90S POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THOSE ARE YOUR IMPACT DAYS. THOSE ARE YOUR HOTTEST DAYS. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. HEAT INDEX LEVELS NEAR 105. SO THOSE DAYS ESPECIALLY YOU MIGHT NEED TO MOVE OUTDOOR PLANS TO THE MORNING OR TO THE EVENING TO AVOID THAT PRIME TIME HEAT. THEN COOLER AIR STARTS TO RETURN BACK T