8-7-19 Kansas/Missouri: Targeting several clusters of storms for portions of the region through Friday…additional weekend risk. N.

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Current alerts across the area:

Active set-up through late week.  

Forecast rainfall through Thursday afternoon: Expecting an additional heavy round of storms late tonight into Thursday.  

Another round Thursday night-Friday, see today’s video for more info.  Forecast rainfall data through Friday night: Northeast Missouri stays dry, and areas across west central and southwest Kansas are much drier.  All of eastern Kansas and western/southern Missouri are prime spots for heavy rain potential.  

We’ll catch a bit of a break Friday afternoon through a decent part of Saturday, then a strong disturbance will work into northern Kansas Saturday evening/night bringing a renewed storm and heavy rain risk.  We’ll have several chances for storms to stick around next week.

Wind forecast over the next 4 days:

Temperature data:

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