Severe storms move through the Kansas City area Wednesday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Weather Service has now expired the Tornado Warning for south central Atchison County in northeastern Kansas.

A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Valley Falls around 10 p.m.

Damaging thunderstorms continue to move through the Kansas City area Wednesday night.

Most of the Kansas City metro was under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 9:30 p.m. due to damaging storms that produced marble to half dollar size hail in some parts and 60 mph winds.

Damage to roofs, siding, windows and vehicles is expected.

The National Weather Service has also issued a Tornado Watch for the Kansas City area Wednesday night.

The following counties are under a Tornado Watch until 1 a.m.

In Missouri: Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Daviess, DeKalb, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Pettis, Platte, Randolph, Ray and Saline.

In Kansas: Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte.

A tornado watch is when the atmosphere has all the ingredients of a tornado, but there may not be one that forms. Simply put: Watch the sky and weather alerts in case severe weather forms.

If there’s a tornado warning , that means the severe weather is here now and you need to seek shelter immediately.

Large hail is the top concern with these storms, and strong winds and isolated tornadoes are lower threats. We’ll have to watch out for some flash flooding as well, since new storms could develop off of old ones, dumping heavy rain.

Additional rain and a few storms are possible Thursday before a cold front moves in during the afternoon. Thankfully, quiet and cooler weather returns for the weekend.

FOX4 will update this story if more severe weather develops Wednesday night.

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