6:45 PM update:
Very heavy thunderstorms continue to dump rain at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour over southern Overland Park crossing the state line into southwestern Jackson and northern Cass counties. There is a chance of a microburst wind in excess of 60 mph but since the cold front has pushed south of the front this risk will shift farther south as the cells move away. Jeff Penner will be showing an interesting time-lapse of this thunderstorm which did have some lowerings. Watch NBC Action News at 10 PM in HD tonight for more details! Here is a picture of the cell as it broke away from the cold front drifting over Lee's Summit. This is looking north over Overland Park, KS, and you can see one of the lowerings at 7:15 PM:
Good evening bloggers,
A cold front is moving through the KC metro area at 5 PM. It has already passed through KCI Airport with north winds at 14 mph and this front is steadily pushing southeast at around 25 mph, so the entire metro area will have the north wind shift by 7 PM. There are some pre-frontal and post-frontal thunderstorms developing this evening. There is a slight risk for some severe thunderstorms this evening with the main threat being some microburst winds. The thunderstorms forming ahead of the front have the best chance of being severe. The post frontal thunderstorms will most likely produce some lightning and a few heavy downpours, but the threat of a microburst is much less in these post frontal thunderstorms.
Once again, thunderstorms forming along and ahead of the front have the potential for a microburt wind of over 60 mph. The front is moving steadily south and this threat will shift into southern parts of the viewing area during the evening hours. There is a weak upper level disturbance approaching from the west and this will keep a threat of showers and thunderstorms behind the front for a few hours as well.
We will try to get the comments back on soon. You can email our weather account: Weather@NBCActionNews.com and let us know if you experience any severe weather or just leave a comment here as I think I did get it fixed. A severe thunderstorm warning was just issued for Johnson and Miami counties for the cell that has formed right on the front just south of Olathe.
Gary