Saturday, July 25, 2009

MetroRegion K.C. News and Weather On A Mid-Summer Night: Hour 2

HOUR 2 - 1 AM THROUGH 2 AM

When we last left you just after 1 am- a severe thunderstorm had developed near Parkville-MO and northern KC-KS and rapidly turned severe near downtown KC-MO and moved east then southeastward through northeast & east KC-MO and northwest through south-central Independence

High straight-line winds have caused power line- tree and even some scattered structure damage in eastern KC and western Independence-MO..

Independence was still running calls as of 2am..

The weather might have contributed to an 18-wheeler jackknifing and at least temporarily blocking the southbound lanes of I-435 south of Front Street around 1:05am. No one was hurt and it sounds as if the truck driver was able to move his rig at least partially off the road.

There was another minor crash in Lee's Summit.

Just before the hour is the report of a possible All-terrain vehicle crash in the northeast part of Jackson County MO. No report yet...


More sundry/non-serious EMS- fire and police calls in the various jurisdictions (what- 60-something)- intrusion/medical/fire alarms- disturbances- general unsociable people- more license checks- etc..


The weather started out cloudy with thunder- lots of lightning to the north at 1 am.

At 2am- the lightning has moved east and southeast and it's pretty nice in southern KC-MO..



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