The Weather Channel is saying there's a 70% chance of a tornado in the KC metro today - the highest chance of such severe weather since I moved here last summer. I am definitely anxious about such a threat here on the Plains; these aren't Florida tornadoes...
So far, this has been a weird storm. Major damage 10 miles from here, and I've barely seen rain.
Apparently, the storm entered a cycling process just as it entered Parkville. So, it weakened and lifted off the ground before restrenngthening and touching down again in Clay County. Lucky for me, that meant I was just barely missed by the tornado. All I saw was heavy rain and lightning up here between Zona Rosa and KCI.
The tornado allegedly reached .75-1 mile wide and winds were around 150-200mph at its peak. One storm chaser reported to the local news seeing a brick home as a pile of rubble.
It was a very weird storm, lots of thunder and lightning but no rain or wind
