It's now doing damage in the Kansas City area.

Hope that you and yours are weil.

That's an order

Glad you are OK.

Reportedly a mile wide and rain-wrapped.

I just hope no lives have been lost.

I'm well south, but heading downstairs in a minute.

Sirens going now (KCMO).

Although what can anyone do if faced with a Cat 5 tornado?

several Kansas City TV stations. There is apparently a tornado on the ground and moving across the area.

I will say that the weather guys on the KC tv stations are all amazingly good. I used to live in Overland Park and know most of them.

They're on top of everything.

attended KU, lived in Lenexa after college Spent summers at the Ag Hall of Fame doing demonstrations in Bonner Spings...

it breaks my heart to hear many of the places from my past are now threatened by massive tornadoes.

I remember the "mile wide" tornado that struck Topeka and destroyed a huge swath of that city in 1966

Tornado Warning
KSC091-209-MOC047-095-165-290100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0023.190529T0009Z-190529T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
709 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
North central Johnson County in east central Kansas...
Southwestern Clay County in west central Missouri...
Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri...
Northwestern Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 709 PM CDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
was located over Edwardsville, moving east at 30 mph.

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Emergency Management confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris
may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile
homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete
destruction is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
Kansas City, Independence, Shawnee, Gladstone, Merriam, Bonner
Springs, Parkville, Edwardsville, North Kansas City, Sugar Creek,
Riverside, Claycomo, Lake Quivira, Kansas City Kansas, Pleasant
Valley, Avondale, Oakview, Northmoor, Houston Lake and Kansas City
Downtown.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 5.
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423.
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 13.
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 232 and 235.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 5.
Interstate 635 between mile markers 1 and 12.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 7 and 15, and between mile
markers 48 and 60.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 223 and 226.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

A large and extremely dangerous tornado is on the ground. Take
immediate tornado precautions. This is an emergency situation.

&&

LAT...LON 3926 9450 3909 9444 3900 9488 3910 9491
3912 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 252DEG 25KT 3908 9484

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Barham


https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=KSZ104&warncounty=KSC209&firewxzone=KSZ104&local_place1=4%20Miles%20NNE%20Lake%20Quivira%20KS&product1=Tornado+Warning&lat=39.0887&lon=-94.73#.XO3Oav57kUo

Glad that you and yours ares safe

She's not near the path.

is north of the metro area.

Whew, we were just out of range. It is in KC now and I finally talked my son into the basement there. This is a big one. I am glad you are ok.

Are you ready for round 2? Coming soon to an already scared area. Good luck.

Keep us in the loop.

Hang in there. Glad your house is intact and you're generally okay.

Please stay safe, I'm glad to hear your house is okay.

We might know each other irl. 😊

Take care.

Early reports say the tornado was a mile wide.

I'm currently watching and listening to Channel 5. https://www.kctv5.com/

Although any local station doing live streaming will be doing an excellent job. They always do.

The narration's a bit unclear, but I think that's the town in the video.

Link to tweet

Stay safe!

Hell of a couple weeks. Reminds me of the '74 outbreak. We were spared the worst. Xenia Ohio and a lot of other places weren't. As a kid, I became very acquainted with our interior bathroom those couple of nights.

I can't imagine anything more terrifying, except maybe a 9 + earthquake. Take care!

and now live in NYC.

It's a bit surreal to be watching local KC news, flip to local NYC news, both covering tornado warnings.

Link to tweet

Take care.

I say almost because there is one person living there I know who deserves to have his house crushed by severe weather. If his property was destroyed by the heavens, it would be karmic justice in action.

Hoping things aren’t too bad

Lots of damage south of Lawrence, and the tiny town of Linwood was basically destroyed. Miraculously, no deaths have been reported. Thanks for all your concern my DU friends.

Terrible reports coming out.

Link to tweet

The whole region is crazy, upside-down but that tornado headed through Lawrence made all my hair stand on end. Glad you made it through. Hold on.

Still miss the many great people. Please keep safe.

These things are getting to be ridiculous in their frequency and their ferocity. We've had quite a few in my area over the last 18 months. Rough stuff!

for everybody in the Midwest. Hope the worst is over,

My home town had 2 in 3 years. Like an X pattern right through town

Lost her house the first time...had a new tiny one built and lost her backyard shed/garage