CSW BREAKING: Tornado Watch No. 653 Valid Until 1 A.M.- KS-MO-OK

Tornado Watch Number 653 will included the entire Metro and MetroRegion Kansas City area until 1 a.m. early Saturday morning.

The following counties in Kansas- Missouri and Oklahoma are included in TW #653:

KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:  ALLEN   ANDERSON   ATCHISON   BOURBON BROWN    BUTLER   CHASE   CHAUTAUQUA   CHEROKEE  COFFEY   COWLEY   CRAWFORD  DONIPHAN   DOUGLAS   ELK   FRANKLIN   GEARY   GREENWOOD   HARPER   HARVEY   JACKSON  JEFFERSON   JOHNSON   LABETTE  LEAVENWORTH   LINN   LYON  MARION   MIAMI   MONTGOMERY  MORRIS   NEMAHA   NEOSHO   OSAGE   POTTAWATOMIE   RILEY  SEDGWICK   SHAWNEE   SUMNER   WABAUNSEE   WILSON   WOODSON  WYANDOTTE


MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:  BARTON   BATES   BENTON   BUCHANAN   CALDWELL   CARROLL   CASS   CEDAR   CLAY   CLINTON   HENRY  JACKSON   JASPER   JOHNSON   LAFAYETTE   PETTIS   PLATTE   RAY   SALINE   ST. CLAIR   VERNON  

OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:  ALFALFA   CRAIG   GARFIELD   GRANT   KAY   NOBLE   NOWATA   OSAGE   OTTAWA   PAWNEE   WASHINGTON  

Storms are beginning to fire-up just to our west and northwest- and this trend will continue for the next several hours.

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