Severe thunderstorms cause hazardous driving along I-70, Higginsville MO


Severe thunderstorms with strong winds and hail affected areas near Mayview, Lexington, Higginsville, and along I-70. These storms caused hazardous driving conditions and impacted multiple nearby towns. The weather system moved northeast with wind gusts up to 60 mph and nickel-sized hail. A watch remains in effect until 10 p.m. as conditions may change.
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Transcript:
00:00
Severe, thunder, storm, warning.
00:07
Now at the Mayview, just past the Mayview wait station,
00:13
there's enough wind that the flags are blowing.
00:17
And they look to be blowing straight 8-0YWX.
00:27
All right, let me know if that wind looks like it gets a lot more severe.
00:30
We just got another one out.
00:32
This is due expiring at 545.
00:36
This impacts Caldwell, Carol, Lafayette, and Ray County.
00:40
So let's see.
00:42
Ray County in West Central, Missouri, yep.
00:47
Severe thunderstorms are located along the line extending from near Woods Heights to near Lexington to Higginsville, moving northeast at 45.
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45 miles an hour.
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60 mile an hour wind gusts, nickel size hail in a storm.
01:00
This impacts Richmond, Higginsville, Lexington, Carrollton, Bramer, Waverly, Oryg, Wellington, Norburn, Hardin, Corder, Henrietta, Mayview, Calgill, Rayville, Napoleon, Camden, Bogard, Fleming, and Dover.
01:20
And I-70 between mile markers 42 and 48.
01:25
JV-0-HV.
01:27
J-B-0-HV, W-1O-TW.
01:40
Go ahead, Dave.
01:43
Yeah, the sheer indications I was seeing earlier in this behind that storm or behind the cell that's almost across completely Warnsburg now, Dog on, that sheer indication is almost completely dissipated now.
02:02
Yep, that's another confirmation that's moving out.
02:06
So, yeah, east and north of us, they're still staying in a warning.
02:12
But it looks like everything down our way is starting to die out.
02:18
We'll remind everybody we still have a watch until 10 p.m., so they know something else could pop up at any time.
02:24
So we'll keep on it.
02:28
Severe, thunder, storm, warning.
02:42
Okay,
02:44
I'm at mile marker 47,
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just shy of Higginsville Junction now.
02:50
I'm out of the rain and I have a clear view to my south and southeast looking right of a precipitation core.
03:02
It's got a turquoise hue to it.
03:09
K0YWX.
03:14
All right, I'm not sure what to do with the turquoise core, but I will keep that in my notes.
03:22
I'm going to have to look that up and see what that means.
03:25
Appreciate that, I appreciate you being out there.
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I-70, Higginsville, MO
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