See the storm and its damage: Photos and videos from Wednesday morning tornado around KC
About five or six small tornadoes formed overnight early Wednesday morning around the Kansas City metro, according to National Weather Service meteorologist in charge Julie Adolphson, but that number is still being confirmed. The tornadoes were brief in nature and did not have a long track.
Star staff reporters and photographers have been out covering the storm, and readers from various parts of the metro have sent in photos and videos.
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The National Weather Service issued the tornado warning at 1:21 a.m. Wednesday for northeastern Johnson County and southwestern Jackson County.
The weather service said at 1:20 a.m., a tornado-producing storm was located over Prairie Village, moving east at 45 mph.
“A tornado is on the ground,” it said. “Take cover now!”
At 1:25 a.m., NWS Kansas City tweeted that a “radar confirmed” tornado near Leawood was moving east.
Around the same time, a tornado warning was issued for Kearney and Excelsior Springs. And scanner traffic said that the Kansas City Fire Department station at I-435 and Holmes was reporting 75 mph winds.
At 1:36 a.m., scanner traffic reported a tornado touchdown at I-35 and Highway 92 in Kearney. At 2:01 a.m., NWS Kansas City said the severe threat was “winding down” for much of the metro.
Shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, 42,725 Evergy customers remained without power in the metro.
The National Weather Service in Kansas City said Wednesday morning that a damage survey team was being dispatched to the area hit hardest by the storm, from 95th Street in Lenexa to Buckner, in eastern Jackson County, Missouri.
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