Thursday, April 12, 2012

Severe weather possible tomorrow

With it being the middle of April, the annual "time for severe weather" posts will be picking up soon.

Tomorrow afternoon to tomorrow evening, a large group of thunderstorms are expected to hit the Kansas City metro area.

Heavy rains, damaging winds, large hail and even tornadoes are possible tomorrow.

More from the National Weather Service:
A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM TRACKING OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF FRIDAY...SATURDAY...AND SUNDAY ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI AS INSTABILITY INCREASES. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES.