Kansas City’s risk of severe weather from thunderstorms pushing through the area overnight Tuesday has increased, according to the National Weather Service.
The area at an enhanced risk of severe weather has expanded to include the Kansas City metro area and portions of southern Oklahoma, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center announced on X, formerly Twitter.
Earlier Tuesday, Kansas City was at a slight risk, the second-lowest level, before that risk level was upgraded to enhanced. The Storm Prediction Center uses five categories to describe severe weather risks: marginal, slight, enhanced, moderate, and high. They indicate the increasing likelihood and intensity of severe storms, from isolated and short-lived to widespread and intense…