Tornadoes Strike Clinton, Severe Weather Alert for Friday

0:00It's April 16, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Kansas News today, your AI-powered local news. A super-self thunderstorm unleashed two tornadoes just south of Clinton right after 6pm yesterday. Security footage and damage patterns confirmed the first one touched down, followed by a second around 6pm from the same storm system. Schools took the biggest hit with Henry Elementary and Clinton Intermediate, seeing minor to moderate roof damage. The district shut both down today for cleanup and checks, shifting kids to remote learning to keep everyone safe. A few homes got banged up by falling tree limbs, a storage building behind American building products got wiped out, and power poles snapped like. Twigs across the area. No major injuries reported there, but it added to a rough week of severe weather. Earlier this week, an EF-2 tornado ripped through Ottawa, Kansas on Monday, and an EF-1 near blue mound in Lynn County stretched nearly. Twenty-four miles into Bates County, Missouri, hurting two folks.

1:02Meanwhile, buckle up for Friday, another storm round packs the highest severe risk this week, per the National Weather Service with big hail, strong, winds, and maybe more twisters in the mix. Stay alert out there.