Severe thunderstorms are moving into the Kansas City metro area. Make sure you have a way to stay weather-aware, especially as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. Sign up for our Newsletters The greater Kansas City area will see storms Friday afternoon starting around 3 p.m., with the greatest risk for severe weather coming between 3 p.m. and around 7 p.m. The Kansas City metro area is now under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m..
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Tuesday marks the 18th anniversary of one of the most violent tornado outbreaks in Kansas City history.It was May 4, 2003.KMBC 9 First Alert chief meteorologist Bryan Busby, First Alert meteorologist Pete Grigsby and NewChopper 9 pilot Johnny Rowlands look back at the day 77 tornadoes touched down in nine states, with four of those tornadoes leaving massive destruction in the metro.Rowlands and NewsChopper 9 started tracking the storm as it formed by the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas. There, it damaged homes in places like 91st Street and Leavenworth Road and 166th Street and Kansas Avenue.“I actually turned away from the storm to re-position, Rowlands said. And I turned back to the north and east, and right in front of me a couple of miles, it was touching down.”The storm didn’t stop there.“We were seeing damage that was frightening from the standpoint to think what it could be doing while we were still on the air,” Rowlands said.Rowlands said his job was to tell p