40,000 PETS AND PEOPLE THROUGH ADOPTION EVENTS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING. SUPER BUSY. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. NICK WAS OUT THERE WITH OUR OTHER CREWS. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND HOW BAD COULD IT GET? WELL, STILL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE THING WILL BE FLOODING CONCERNS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL FOUR IN THE MORNING, WE COULD ALSO HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. JACKSON CAUSING AT LEAST WIND AND HAIL ADDED TO THE MIX. HERE’S A LOOK AT FIRST ALERT LIVE RADAR, AND IT’S BEEN WORKING OVERTIME TO OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO. WE STILL SEE SMALLER CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE POPPING UP VERY CLOSE TO THE METRO ITSELF. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY SEVERE. WE’RE NOT ANTICIPATING 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS OR QUARTER SIZED HAIL FROM THESE, BUT THEY’RE STILL MOVING THROUGH, AS YOU SEE HERE. NOTHING THAT’S TOO ORGANIZED CLOSE TO THE 435 LOOP. HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT THIS EVENING, THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD MIAMI COUNTY. ANOTHER CELL AS WELL. SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES THERE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, REALLY NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF SEVERE. THERE WAS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING OUT FOR BATES COUNTY, BUT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THAT YELLOW BOX DISAPPEAR BECAUSE IT’S NOT CAUSING MUCH IN THE WAY OF DAMAGE. NOT EXPECTING ANY. SO IT’S STILL GOING TO BE HIT AND MISS, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS OR SO. BUT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST THAT NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT STAYS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4:00 IN THE MORNING. SO AS MENTIONED, YOURS TRULY IS HERE TO GIVE NEVILLE A BREAK SINCE HE’S BEEN HERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AND ALSO TALK TO KATIE BEFORE SHE GETS IN. SO HERE’S THE AREA ALMOST FROM NORTH OF SAINT JOE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HENRY COUNTY AND OUT WEST. THAT’S THE AREA FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS, DAMAGING HAIL. LOOK, THE EXCLUSIVE FIRST ALERT NINE DAY FORECAST. IT IS GOING TO BE 163 TO 79 DEGREES. WITH THAT CHANCE OF ANOTHER ALERT DAY IN THE MORNING. HERE YOU SEE THE TEMPERATURES STAYING PRETTY MUCH IN THE 70S A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE WINDS WILL GO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. FIRST PORTION OF THE DAY. THAT WILL PROBABLY BE WHEN WE REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER, AND THEN IT COOLS DOWN QUITE A BIT. BUT LET’S TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. LOOK AT FIRST ALERT FUTURESCAN ONE IN THE MORNING. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS, EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY DROPPING SOME PRETTY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN, BUT STILL ALSO TAGGED IN. THAT COULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THIS IS NOW ABOUT SEVEN IN THE MORNING. STILL, THE MORNING DRIVE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SLOW SIDE. THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAFFIC SNARLS, CERTAINLY A LOT OF LANE CLOSURES THAT’S GOING TO CAUSE ISSUES. BUT BY NOON, MOST OF THIS IS GONE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER SEEM TO BE OUT TO THE EAST, LIKE 65 HIGHWAY AND EAST MORE SO THAN OVER THE METRO ITSELF, BUT STILL SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE AND WATCH AND MONITOR FOR. YOU. AND I MENTIONED FLOODING THERE. YOU SEE ANOTHER INCH AND A THIRD FOR KANSAS CITY, JUST SHY OF AN INCH OUT TOWARD LAWRENCE, ANOTHER INCH AND A HALF UP TOWARD TRENTON. SO ANYWHERE IN THE YELLOW, THAT’S GOING TO BE WHERE WE SEE THE BETTER CHANCES FOR THAT POTENTIAL FLOODING CONCERNS. YES. AGAIN, ANOTHER ALERT HERE ARE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS TO WHAT WE’RE REFERRING TO. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THE MORNING COMMUTE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS FLOODING THE POTENTIAL AND THEN HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, MAYBE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS, MAINLY EAST OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO. THEN OVER THE CITY ITSELF. BUT THEN LOOK WHAT HAPPENS. IT COOLS DOWN 63 ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY 64 ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS MOVING IN ON THURSDAY. FRIDAY LOOKING DRY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BOTH DRY FOR A WEEKEND CHANGE. MONDAY.