Most of the metro included in severe thunderstorm watch until Thursday morning

'T MISS THE NEXT UPDATE. TURN ON ALERTS INSIDE THE APP. WELL, IT IS AN IMPACT DAY FROM YOUR FIRST ALERT WEATHER CENTER HERE WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BRIAN BUSBY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST ISSUED, BRIAN. YEAH, THAT WATCH IS GOING TO ISSUE FOR A WHILE. SO FIRST OF ALL THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS OUT THERE. SO WE'RE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR BECAUSE IT IS HUMID. AND THAT'S WHAT'S GIVING US OUR CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALL THE COUNTIES YOU SEE IN BLUE FROM NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI TO NORTHEAST KANSAS, JUST LIKE OUTLINED BY Y NICK AND KATIE THS MORNING. HERE. YOU SEE, IT DOES INCLUDE AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. AND THEN FARTHER TO THE WEST GOES IN EFFECT BETWEEN NOW AND ONE IN THE MORNING WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE POPPING UP. HERE'S A LOOK AT FIRST ALERT LIVE RADAR. YOU CAN SEE THE STUFF WHICH IS FURTHER OUT TO THE WEST TOWARD MARYSVILLE, KANSAS, OUT TOWARD MANHATTAN AS WELL. A COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. 60 MILE, AN HOUR WINDS. THAT'S THE POSSIBILITY. AND ALSO ONE INCH HAIL IN DIAMETER. THESE ARE JUST THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON. STILL A COUPLE HOURS AWAY AT LEAST. THEY'RE EVEN WEST OF MANHATTAN, SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE THEY GET ACROSS TOWARD THE MISSOURI SIDE. BUT I STILL THINK THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE TOWARD, SAY, AFTER 8:00 FOR THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE VIEWING REGION. THEN FARTHER EAST, WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THAT THERE. YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT ONE SOUTH OF SALINA, AND THAT ONE IS VERY CLOSE TO MCPHERSON. SO THERE YOU SEE THE LINE THAT IS STILL PUSHING TOWARD THE EAST, AND THIS WILL BE THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING, WHICH IS WHY IT'S AN IMPACT DAY WITH THAT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL ONE IN THE MORNING, WIND AND HAIL, THE NUMBER ONE MAIN THREATS IN LITTLE LOWER DOWN THE LIST FLASH FLOODING, MAYBE A BRIEF TORNADO, ESPECIALLY THESE STORMS GET GOING. WE'LL CHECK FIRST ALERT FU