Live Updates: Tornado moves through Kansas City metro area early Wednesday morning

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No accidents or main structural harm have been reported from the storms, a Kansas Metropolis police dispatcher mentioned at 3:30 a.m.

Close to ninety fifth and Mission Street, energy crews had been seen driving round checking gear, reported Star photojournalist Luke Johnson. Some police and hearth models are within the space.

KCUR’s Sam Zeff posted a photograph residents clearing particles in Leawood.

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The harm inflicted by the twister that moved by way of Johnson County seems concentrated alongside ninety fifth Avenue.

Pictures shared by KSHB 41 News confirmed downed timber close to ninety fifth and Mission Street.

KMBC meteorologist Nick Bender tweeted that the twister appeared to have formed close to ninety fifth Avenue and Antioch and moved towards not less than ninety fifth and State Line Street.

“We’ve obtained a number of studies of tree harm related to tonight’s storms up to now, together with an space of ninety fifth and Mission on the Kansas aspect in addition to close to N. Oak and Vivion within the Northland on the Missouri aspect,” KSHB 41 Information tweeted at 2:20 a.m.

Emergency crews had been scrambling to answer calls about downed timber and energy strains and energy poles snapped in half. A tree was reported to have fallen on a home within the 6000 block of Raytown Street.

“I hope all are protected from the storms,” Kansas Metropolis Mayor Quinton Lucas tweeted at 2:43 a.m. “Glad to listen to that early warning methods by way of the realm seemed to be working properly.”

Many tweeted that there was little warning earlier than the storm hit.

‘’Spouse and that i had about 50 seconds between the cellphone warning and energy going out,” kb fella mentioned in a tweet at 2:29 a.m. “We managed to get all people however one kitty into the lavatory in that point by way of some miracle, however thank god it missed us anyway.”

Christine Heggestad tweeted that “the winds, lightning and the colour of the sky had been loopy when my cellphone alert began going off. Energy went out instantly.”

Energy outages

As of three:20 a.m., Evergy reported almost 66,000 clients with out energy within the Kansas Metropolis space.

If you’re at the moment experiencing an influence outage, report it to Evergy by calling 800-544-4857 if you’re in Kansas or 888-544-4852 if you’re in Kansas Metropolis or Western Missouri. You can even report an outage on-line right here.

See the place present outages have been reported with this map:

Twister warning

A twister moved east close to Leawood early Wednesday, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned, as sirens sounded all through the Kansas Metropolis metro.

A number of twister warnings had been issued throughout the realm as a strong line of storms moved by way of town.

In Johnson County, the storm’s strongest results appeared centered alongside ninety fifth Avenue, in keeping with emergency radio site visitors, with studies of downed timber and energy strains.

At 1:25 a.m., NWS Kansas Metropolis tweeted {that a} “radar confirmed” tornado close to Leawood was transferring east. Across the similar time, a twister warning was issued for Kearney and Excelsior Springs.

The Nationwide Climate Service issued the twister warning at 1:21 a.m. for northeastern Johnson County and southwestern Jackson County. The climate service mentioned at 1:20 a.m., a tornado-producing storm was positioned over Prairie Village, transferring east at 45 mph.

“A twister is on the bottom,” it mentioned. “Take cowl now!”

At 2:01 a.m., NWS Kansas Metropolis mentioned the extreme risk was “winding down” for a lot of the metro.

At 2:40 a.m., Evergy was reporting greater than 65,000 clients with out energy within the metro space.

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This story was initially revealed June 8, 2022 2:13 AM.