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March 25, 2024 – Blizzard Warnings

 March 25, 2024

No, this is not taking place in Alaska. It is taking place from Colorado into South Dakota, including part of Northwestern Kansas and Nebraska. And it’s not just been going on this morning. This has been going on for a couple of days now. While people were trying to chase tornados in Texas and Oklahoma, a Blizzard Warning was taking place northwest of Kansas City. Check out this morning’s radar (taken at 8am). Click on…

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March 24, 2019

 March 24, 2024

It has been a lame day for weather enthusiasts. There was a bit of severe weather in the Texas and Oklahoma region. A few Tornado Warnings were issued, and there were even a couple of funnels and small tornados actually sited. But for those who glue themselves to the feeds of the top chasers in the Midwest, it was an uneventful day. Yes, I checked YouTube to see if anyone was actually in the right…

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

 March 14, 2024

Originally, the forecast was for rain through the morning. But as I have always been told, anything more than 24 hours out is often a coin toss … and … if you don’t like the weather in Missouri, wait ten minutes. Forecast A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 71. South southeast wind 10…

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It’s Severe Weather Season Again

 March 14, 2024

March 13, 2024 kicked off Severe Weather Season for me here in Kansas City. Tornado Watch #37 was issued across Easter Kansas and Western Missouri, and while we had Severe Thunderstorms here in Kansas City, the only storms that were Tornado warned were out west of Topeka Kansas. A tornado was verified, and looking it up on YouTube, Reed Timmer and Team Dominator were actually on the chase, catching video of the tornado along with…

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3/13/2024 – Thunderstorms / Tornado

 March 13, 2024

Last Updated: 2045 Hours With Tornado Watch #37 looming over the Kansas City area, the first of the severe thunderstorms arrived around 7:30. This storm was located near DeSoto Kansas and was is moving Northeast. But while this storm produced a number of Thunderstorm Warnings, including one for Gladstone and north of the river saying that it was a dangerous thunderstorm, the only Tornado was out in central Kansas, west of Topeka. This storm was…

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Tornado Watch #37 – Kansas City Area

 March 13, 2024

Updated: 1910 hours CDT TORNADO WATCH 37 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning from 545 PM until 100 AM CDT. * Primary threats include… A couple tornadoes possible Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely SUMMARY… Scattered thunderstorms will affect the watch area through the evening,…

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