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Watch NBC Action News HD at 10pm and Monday morning from 5-7am for the latest weather information and live reports from southwest Missouri! I had a chance to watch our lead storm chaser Sean Wilson's footage today of the severe weather that occurred...

Watch NBC Action News HD at 8am & 10pm as we will have live reports from the hardest hit areas of southwest Missouri! Deadly storms pushed through the Plains and Midwest last evening killing at least 19 people.  These storms produced strong,...

Watch NBC Action News HD at 6 & 10pm as we track thunderstorms on LIVE:ESP! **********************UPDATE********************** Tornado Watch has expired.  Storm are marginally severe in a few spots with reports of penny and nickel size hail. ...

3:15 PM update:  The surface low has continued developing and sagging south.   It is forming west of Chanute Kansas, and this should keep the the tornado threat down near the Oklahoma and Arkansas borders.  We will likely see...

Good afternoon bloggers, The previous entry is below.  The SPC has put us in a meso discussion as you can see below.  There is the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon as this powerful storm begins developing.  Large...

Good Friday Night in the Big Town! We are analyzing the new data, and I am on the air in minutes.  I will blog about the trends in the models for Saturday, as yet another storm is heading our way. If the storm slows down just a bit on...

Good evening everyone, Look at the last entry for the details on the weekend storm, and watch NBC Action News as we track it over the weekend.  But, I wanted to post these cool pictures from western Kansas that one of our viewers sent in. ...

I am a fan of bull riding, and I want to fight Multiple Sclerosis.  So, how do you combine the two?  Ride a bull to raise money.  No bull. How much would you pay to see me ride a bull?  I hope a lot.  I would like to raise...

Happy Friday NBC Action Weather Bloggers, We will be tracking a very strong developing storm on our newscasts through the weekend.  Don't forget our weekend morning newscasts that begin at 8 AM on NBC Action News.  And, before I go into this...

Good morning,    I saw some of the bloggers mention CoCoRaHs the other day.  CoCoRaHs stands for Community, Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.  It is a non-profit, network of volunteers who measure & map precipitation. ...

Good morning bloggers, The main disturbance is now moving by with heavy rain north of I-70.  There is a comma head of rain just north of Kansas City, near St. Joseph with more than one inch of rain likely if you are in this spinning area of rain. ...

Good evening bloggers, What a day!  I get back from being MC of the Shave to Save fundraiser to see a challenge between two of our favorite bloggers on a forecast for July 4th week.  I will likely play the game as well.  And, there is...

Have you seen the Preview insert in today's KC Star? Lauren Chapin recently filled her belly with pounds and pounds of KC hamburgers so we could know what we're missing. In search of KC's best burger, she visited: GrandStand BurgerHayes HamburgersWestport...

The Myanmar cyclone has prompted many Good Questions about natural disasters.  "What is the difference between a cyclone, a typhoon and hurricane?", asks NBC Action News viewer Joe Tovar of Spring Hill, Kansas. NBC Action News meteorologist...

Good morning NBC Action Weather bloggers, We are in between storm systems this morning.  The exiting storm produced small rainfall amounts in most areas, but 1" to 1 1/2" of rain fell in many of our southern rain gauges.  John Moon, in Clinton...

Happy Wednesday bloggers, Rain is still trying to move into the south side late this morning.  It will be a struggle today to get the rain north of I-70.  Southern Kansas and southern Missouri will likely get way too much rain as the upper...

Seven year old Tyler Bromski of Kansas City sent me an email Tuesday asking where he can treat his mom this Mother's Day with very little cash.  Tyler tells me his allowance won't buy a lot, so he's hoping a local KC business will help...

Good morning bloggers, This is not a great week for us in the NBC Action News Forecast Center.  Overnight, the thunderstorms fell apart.  We have had a few sprinkles and light rain showers.  And, now many areas will likely miss this next...

Good late evening everyone, The new NAM model and the RUC model both are trying to have the upper low, now near the Arizona Mexico border, move out close enough to Kansas City to put us in the rain shield. As a result the NAM is now predicting 3 inches...

I recently worked on a story that literally left me sleepless. It was about homeless teens in Kansas City. Kids with no place to go. No family to look after them. Nobody to fret when they miss curfew. That story aired Tuesday night on NBC Action...

Good evening everyone, Definition of an MCS:  A complex of thunderstorms which becomes organized on a scale larger than the individual thunderstorms, and normally persists for several hours or more. MCSs may be round or linear in shape, and include...

Good afternoon bloggers, Update at 1 PM:  Severe weather outlook for the plains.  We will have to watch the area in the moderate risk, as thunderstorms explode in this area later today a complex may turn our way later tonight.  ...

NBC Action News viewer Jim Peter from Topeka wants to know what products are manufactured from a barrel of crude oil.  Good Question. The below graph, which is provided by factsonfuel.org, provides the answer.  Got a Good Question,...

Prices at the pump are up, big time.  Transportation experts predict it will be $4 a gallon this summer.  Bummer.  The New Chrysler Corporation has the answer to your fuel problems, if you buy one of their cars.  The...

Good morning,    The numbers coming out of Myanmar are stunning.  Cyclone Nargis has killed more than 22-thousand people.  Another 41-thousand are missing and up to a million may be homeless.  Cyclone Nargis created huge Tidal...