00:00From Tony Lawback in Kansas of these storms, this is Osage City and this did become a severe
00:08worn storm. You can see the heavy downpours there, even more so as the video loop goes on here.
00:15Yeah, pretty nasty stuff out there. We're going to be dealing with more storms moving a little
00:18farther east up into the Kansas City metro and farther south, but Tony's on the move
00:23tracking some of these severe worn cells right now.
00:27Now, this is not the only area that we've had problems, of course. Around Wichita, we've been
00:31focused on the last couple of hours, and I want to start off taking a look at radar here because
00:36I want to take a look at the storm reports. I'm going to zoom way in here because we have
00:40three
00:41different reports that I want to look at. One of these, I'm actually going to go to this one first,
00:46around 242 central time, 75 mile per hour wind gusts measured at the McConnell Air Force Base,
00:51and then just a minute before that, so really we're talking about the same damaging wind,
00:57take a look at this report. Large panels from a 70-foot wall. This is at a Boeing and Spirit
01:03plant.
01:04That 70-foot wall panels were ripped off. Yeah, the National Weather Service saying this is because
01:09of a downburst, and you know, that really fits with what we're talking about there with a 75 mile
01:14per hour wind gusts. So we'll keep an eye on that and any other damage reports that come in as
01:20we head
01:20into tomorrow. But looking at the big picture, kind of zooming out here, so we have the severe thunderstorm
01:25warnings into Kansas. Some of this moving towards Kansas City. I think it's going to be on western
01:30portions of the metro, really, rather than downtown, at least in the near future here, but something to
01:34keep an eye on. And then we just have that kind of slow moving rainfall further to the north. I
01:39mean,
01:39look at this area right around Omaha here. And I click on my pen, and then I can actually circle
01:45for you. Not seeing a whole lot of movement in the last three hours here. So really, it's not exactly
01:52Omaha, but I'm talking about northwestern Missouri specifically here. Yeah, we're going to keep having
01:57problems. There's some more of the video Tony's been capturing as he's been out chasing in Kansas this
02:03afternoon. All that heavy rain, yeah, it's going to start to cause problems. Flooding is a big concern.
02:08Here's where we have the watches and even some warnings as we start to eye streams, creeks, and different
02:13waterways that can cause problems. But looking at the big picture, this is the entire area we're concerned
02:19about for flash flooding, not just today and tonight, but through tomorrow night. The most likely areas to see
02:25flash flooding, Kansas City up through Omaha, Des Moines, and into northwestern portions of Illinois, but
02:30anybody highlighted here, be watching out for those flooded roadways. Make sure you are avoiding them. It is just
02:35not worth the risk. Taking a look at future radar here, less about the timing because, let me tell you,
02:41there's just
02:41been a little bit of a disagreement between the models. They're a little all over the place as far
02:46as the timing, but I want to really show you the pattern that we see as we go throughout the
02:50week.
02:50So if you remember to start out the week, a little bit more of a northern focus. We've dropped south
02:55and that's going to continue tomorrow morning, though we do have some scattered thunderstorms farther to
03:00the north as well. A lot of that heavy rainfall action Wednesday morning and then again Thursday morning
03:05during the morning commute in the same area. So your Thursday morning commute even more likely to have
03:11some problems because of ponding or flash flooding from all of that heavy rain. But as we go throughout
03:15the day, we see a new round move off the Rockies into the northern plains and look at that widespread
03:19heavy rainfall in Minnesota, Wisconsin, as we go throughout our late Thursday and Friday. So
03:25a new map for you. Friday and Saturday, this is now the area that we'll be watching
03:30for the greatest likelihood of heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding, especially places like
03:37Minneapolis, Rochester, some bigger populations that are going to be impacted here and to start
03:42out the weekend, you'll notice the timeline here Friday versus Saturday on the eastern side of the
03:47line. Saturday is the timeframe that we're looking at. Then we take a look at our temperatures. Here's
03:52the good news. If you're sick of the summer heat and the humidity, though, you know, it comes with the
03:56rain and thunderstorms. It's an increase in the humidity, but then behind the front, I mean, things are
04:00looking so much better temperatures in the seventies. Minneapolis, you're already right about where you should be
04:04this time of year with historical averages, but then we see a dramatic drop after that front passes
04:09through in the sixties for the weekend. And that's your high temperature. Yeah, it's going to be
04:13feeling like fall there. Further to the east into the Ohio Valley takes a little bit longer. It's not
04:18until Tuesday that we get a high in the seventies, but a low in the fifties and a lot of
04:22lows in the
04:23sixties as we head into the weekend. So something to look forward to if you are ready for the fall
04:27chill.
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