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Tag: tornado

Radar showed a tornado moving east through the Kansas City metro in the early hours of June 8, 2022. (National Weather Service)
Posted inEnvironment

Did the weather alert system do enough during Wednesday’s tornado?

by Abby Shepherd June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

Preliminary results from the National Weather Service show that an EF-1 tornado occurred in Johnson and Jackson counties, with 100 mph winds and a 14 mile-long track.

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