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RELATED | National Weather Service radar
8:25 a.m. | Storms are starting to exit the Kansas City area. They'll give way to sunny skies.
8:20am--About two hours after the rain started it's now slowly pushing out of the #KC Metro
The sun is coming out this afternoon with temperatures in the 70s!#mowx #kswx #kcwx pic.twitter.com/n6ReHmO60y
— Wes Peery (@WesWeather) October 13, 2021
7 a.m. | Areas are experiencing heavy rain. Some people could see small hail with the system.
7am--Very heavy rainfall and maybe some small hail with this southern end of the line.
Here are some updated arrival times as this line moves east. #mowx #kswx #kcwx pic.twitter.com/ebKwWlpvwM
— Wes Peery (@WesWeather) October 13, 2021
ORIGINAL STORY | Kansas City experienced brief but strong storms early Wednesday morning.
A line of thunderstorms moved through the area around 6 a.m.
Those same storms produced severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado watches in parts of Kansas.
Wichita, KS just went under their first Tornado Watch since 2019. There were no Tornado Watches this year or last year in Wichita, which is just shocking. Kansas City has gone 869 days without a Tornado Watch (May 28, 2019). We are tracking this stormy night on @KSHB41 pic.twitter.com/VzUareK2kF
— Gary Lezak (@glezak) October 13, 2021
NBC affiliate KSNW in Wichita even reported a tornado touchdown near Cimarron, Kansas.
TORNADO CONFIRMED - Meteorologist @ErikaPaigeWX in Storm Tracker 3 confirming a tornado southeast of Cimarron earlier tonight. @KSNNews @KSNStormTrack3 #kswx pic.twitter.com/EvP13CwdTu
— Lisa Teachman (@LisaTeachman) October 13, 2021
The National Weather Service tracked wind speeds around 40 miles per hour.
KSHB 41 meteorologist Wes Peery expects the storm to last around two hours for each area it moves through.
Drivers should keep an eye on the wet and windy conditions as they hit the roads.
