Severe Storms Loom: Kansas City Braces for Friday's Weather

0:00After those brutal storms hit Wednesday with hail up to 4 inches across Miami County and a tornado touching down in Clinton, the Kansas City areas, catching a break today on Thursday. Expect mostly sunny skies with light winds from the south and temps climbing into the lower 80s warmer than the usual 66 degrees for mid-April. But Friday's the real beast, according to the National Weather Service, with the highest severe weather odds this week as storms fire up mid-afternoon. Into evening, a cold front diving in from the northwest will spark those thunderstorms, possibly supercells ahead of it, packing large hail and tornadoes while. Mines along the front bring damaging winds. Most of the areas under enhanced risk, level 3 out of 5 from the storm prediction center. Storms could race over 45 mph, with solid chances for gusts over 58, hail at least 1 inch and a small shot at twisters. Up to EF3 strength in the worst case. Cooler and drier weather rolls in for the weekend, holding steady till mid next week.

1:02That's your update from Kansas News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.