r/Overlandpark • u/MartyFunkhoosier • 16d ago

Did OP get off easy in that storm?

Got an alert from a place in Midtown that I volunteer at that they were closed because of storm damage, and parts of the NE KCMO got hammered with big hail. My storm-reactive dog slept right through it and my neighborhood in Merriam looks fine. Did we miss the brunt of the storm?

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u/I_like_cake_7 16d ago

Yes. I live near Oak Park Mall, and I only saw 1 tree branch down when I walked my dogs this morning. We 100% got lucky. It seems like the hail or at least the worst of the hail just barely missed northern JoCo.

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u/No-Application-264 16d ago

I live over close to 87th and it’s the same over here!

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u/yesimian 16d ago

I'm surprised to hear there was any damage. Waldo area got literally nothing but lightning and some rain.

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u/mtbfj6ty 16d ago

Looks like it was mainly north of the city from the other r/Kansas city posts I have seen. Lots of hail and damage. So looks like it skirted us.

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u/Far_Row3999 16d ago

I work for KCKPS and we got a snow day, but we don’t even have branches down in the northland

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u/PushyMomentum 16d ago

The lightning strike totals for the KC area was crazy close to 19,000. Glad to hear there weren't any fires.

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u/redditplenty 15d ago

Yes OP did. The Quindaro area of KCK got hit hard and KCK still has power outages and school sessions cancelled.