KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A cold front is set to move through the Kansas City area, bringing with it the chance for brief severe weather.
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UPDATE, 4:35 p.m. | KSHB 41 Weather's Wes Peery continues to track a line of storms entering the Kansas City area. A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Wyandotte, Clinton, Clay, Ray, Platte and Jackson County until 5 p.m.
4:35pm--Pretty heavy shot of wind and rain heading through Parkville, downtown Kansas City, and into Liberty#mowx #kswx pic.twitter.com/Xrjq4O7gmu
— Wes Peery (@WesWeather) January 8, 2026
UPDATE, 4 p.m. | A severe thunderstorm warning is now in effect for parts of Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and Platte counties in Missouri until 4:45 p.m.
UPDATE, 3:46 p.m. | A severe thunderstorm warning is now in effect for parts of Clay, Platte and Wyandotte Counties until 4:15 p.m.
UPDATE, 3:40 p.m. | A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the northwestern parts of the Kansas City area through 4 p.m.
3:35pm--The line of storms near and north of Kansas City continues to show signs of strong wind and rotation.
— Wes Peery (@WesWeather) January 8, 2026
Severe storm warning including Platte County until 4pm#mowx #kswx pic.twitter.com/Ns8DpvKWHG
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KSHB 41 Weather meteorologist Wes Peery has been tracking the storms as they've moved across Kansas Thursday afternoon.
3:20PM--Watching this cluster of severe storms near Saint Joseph for some damaging wind gusts and the chance of a brief tornado.#mowx #kswx pic.twitter.com/x9OS1SEBA5
— Wes Peery (@WesWeather) January 8, 2026
