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Severe storms could bring tornadoes to Missouri Wednesday. Here’s what we know about the forecast, including the time period and parts of the state where the risk is expected.
Update: A tornado warning has been called at the northwestern point of Missouri until 9:45 p.m., encompassing Fairfax, Corning and Skidmore. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch ...
A tornado watch has been issued for western Missouri, including the Kansas City area, as strong to severe storms begin to fire up Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. In ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
PDS tornado warnings are currently issued on an experimental basis by the 38 National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices within the Central Region. [16] The criteria for a PDS warning are when a tornado on the ground has been spotted or confirmed, or a significant tornado is expected based on radar signatures.
The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch shortly before 3 p.m. for parts of the Kansas City forecast area, including seven counties in Kansas and 36 counties in Missouri.
National Weather Service - Pleasant Hill/Kansas City, Missouri (office identification code: EAX) is a Weather Forecast Office (WFO) of the National Weather Service, which is responsible for forecasts and the dissemination of weather warnings and advisories for 37 counties in northern and western Missouri and seven counties in extreme eastern Kansas, including the Kansas City and St. Joseph ...
At certain points of the outbreak, over 20 simultaneous tornado warnings were active, with a total of 175 tornado warnings issued on March 31 with an additional 51 issued on April 1. [7] In all, 146 tornadoes touched down; 115 occurred on March 31 alone.