Stormy stretch could bring hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, downpours to KC

Kansas City is about to get soaked. A stormy stretch will bring showers and rounds of thunderstorms, some possibly strong to severe, with 2 to 4 inches of rain possible from Tuesday night through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

A cold front is expected to slide through the region, arriving around 10 a.m. in northwestern Missouri and moving through the Kansas City metro area around 2 to 4 p.m. before stalling out near a line from Fort Scott to St. Louis by Tuesday night.

It is unlikely that showers and storms will develop ahead of the front’s passage, but scattered to widespread rain and thunderstorms are expected later Tuesday evening into overnight, the weather service said. A few storms could be strong, with hail the main threat…

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