Severe storms sweep through Kansas City, causing localized flooding, power outages

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A thunderstorm brought winds, rail and hail through the Kansas City area Monday morning, prompting Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Warnings to be issued and causing power outages in Kansas and Missouri.

UPDATE, 10 a.m. | The gates to Chiefs training camp have opened and practice is being held outside after the storm.

UPDATE, 9 a.m. | Fans in St. Joseph for the second day of Chiefs full-team training camp are waiting to learn whether they will be able to watch the team due to the storm. The Chiefs announced gates would not open at 8:45 a.m. and that the team is waiting to confirm if practice will be held outdoors or indoors.

Practice will not be open to the public if it is moved indoors.

ORIGINAL STORY | The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Kansas and Missouri until noon Monday.

In Kansas, the watch was issued for Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties.

The watch was issued in 22 counties across Missouri, including Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson Lafayette, Platte and Ray counties. The full list of counties impacted is available online.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Lee's Summit, Blue Springs and Raymore until 9 a.m.

Another warning impacted Independence, Kansas City, Missouri, Overland Park and Kansas City, Kansas, from around 7:40 a.m. until 8:15 a.m.

Strong wind gusts, rainfall and pea-sized hail has been spotted across the Kansas City area.

RELATED | KSHB meteorologist Lindsey Anderson's Monday forecast