Severe storms roll through Kansas City, leaving thousands without power

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Severe storms hit the KSHB 41 viewing area Monday evening and night, leading to multiple watches and warnings issued by the National Weather Service and thousands without power.

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Read our updates below.

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UPDATE, 10:10 a.m. | Evergy is reporting 674 outages impacting 8,248 customers; BPU is reporting 93 outages impacting 2,885 customers; IPL reports 7 outages and 40 customers without power.

UPDATE, 8 a.m. | KSHB 41 reporter Grant Stephens checked in with a project in Westport that's meant to mitigate flooding and is already making a difference.

UPDATE, 7:55 a.m. | Last night's storms knocked down a large tree at N. 47th and Georgia in KCK.

Courtesy Dianna Hammond

UPDATE, 6:20 a.m. | KSHB 41's Grant Stephens was in Stormtracker checking out storm damage near 55th and Rockhill Road.

UPDATE, 6:15 a.m. | Evergy shows 737 outages and 12,664 customers out; BPU has 86 outages with 1,538 customers out; and IPL shows 8 outages with 65 customers out.

UPDATE, 5:15 a.m. | Evergy shows 15,462 customers without power; BPU has 2,178 customers without power; and Independence P&L has 75 customers without power

UPDATE, 4:30 a.m. | Amtrak says the Missouri River Runner train between Kansas City and St. Louis is canceled. Bus transportation will be provided.

UPDATE, 4 a.m. | The Evergy outage map shows about 17,000 people are without power.

UPDATE, 3:15 a.m. | The Evergy outage map shows about 21,000 people are without power, down from more than 70,000 about five hours ago.

Monday, May 18

UPDATE, 10:35 p.m. | Close to 62,000 Evergy customers are currently without power, including almost 23,000 people in Jackson County, due to Monday's storms.

UPDATE, 10:25 p.m. | A widespread severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 11 p.m. for Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Pettis, Saline and Sullivan counties in Missouri.

UPDATE, 10:14 p.m. | Parts of Ray, Carroll, Caldwell and Livingston counties in Missouri are included in a tornado warning until 10:45 p.m.

UPDATE, 10:05 p.m. | Over 70,000 people are out of power, including more than 18,000 Evergy customers in Jackson County, as storms continue to move through the Kansas City area.

UPDATE, 10 p.m. | The NWS says a confirmed tornado was located at 9:57 p.m. near Rayville, moving east at 55 mph.

UPDATE, 9:54 p.m. | A tornado warning is in effect until 10:30 p.m. for central Ray and southwestern Carroll counties in Missouri.

Clay and Jackson counties are no longer included.

UPDATE, 9:47 p.m. | Parts of northern Cass County and Johnson County, Missouri, are included in a tornado warning through 10:15 p.m.

UPDATE, 9:44 p.m. | More than 15,000 Evergy customers in Johnson County, KS, and 9,300 BPU customers in Wyandotte County are without power after storms roll through.

UPDATE, 9:34 p.m. | Early NWS wind reports indicate gusts between 58 mph and 84 mph have been measured from Clarksdale, Missouri, to Gardner, Kansas.

UPDATE, 9:26 p.m. | Strong, damaging winds are causing power outages across the Kansas City area. The latest outage updates from Evergy can be found here.

UPDATE, 9:23 p.m. | The National Weather Service reports that Route C is closed in Nodaway and Atchison counties in Missouri due to flash flooding.

UPDATE, 9:15 p.m. | The severe thunderstorm threat has been expanded. The following counties are included in a warning until 10:15 p.m.: Cass, Buchanan, Clinton, Clay, Ray, Caldwell, Platte and Jackson counties in Missouri.

A severe t-storm warning for Miami County, Kansas, lasts until 10:30 p.m.

UPDATE, 9 p.m. | Parts of Daviess, Grundy and Harrison counties in Missouri are included in a tornado warning until 9:30 p.m.

UPDATE, 8:55 p.m. | Several metro counties are included in a severe thunderstorm warning until 9:45 p.m. Those included are Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Johnson counties in Kansas and Platte County, Missouri.

UPDATE, 8:53 p.m. | Power outages are starting to pop up across the KSHB 41 viewing area. Updates from Evergy can be found here.

UPDATE, 8:47 p.m. | Northwestern Daviess County, southern Gentry County, southwestern Harrison County and northern DeKalb County in Missouri are included in a tornado warning until 9 p.m.

UPDATE, 7:45 p.m. | The National Weather Service reports southwestern Worth County and northern Nodaway County are included in a tornado warning until 8:30 p.m.

Additionally, a severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 8:30 p.m. for southeastern Holt County and northwestern Andrew County in Missouri, as well as Doniphan County, Kansas.

UPDATE, 7:20 p.m. | Parts of Harrison and Worth counties in northwest Missouri are now included in a tornado warning through 8:15 p.m.

UPDATE, 6:30 p.m. | Parts of Gentry, Nodaway and Worth counties in northwest Missouri are now included in a tornado warning through 7:15 p.m.

UPDATE, 6:10 p.m. | The Kansas City metro IS included in a new tornado watch that's in effect until 1 a.m.

UPDATE, 5:40 p.m. | The National Weather Service has extended the tornado warning for parts of Nodaway and Holt counties in Missouri through 6:30 p.m.

UPDATE, 5:15 p.m. | A tornado warning is in effect for parts of Nodaway and Holt counties in Missouri through 6 p.m.

UPDATE, 3:55 p.m. | The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of NE Kansas and NW Missouri until 10 p.m. The immediate Kansas City area is not included.