Kansas City severe thunderstorms Tuesday watch issued [Video]

Tuesday started with a bang and will continue to keep the metro on its toes as multiple rounds of storms hit the Kansas City area.Tuesday is an Alert Day for storm cells capable of producing dangerous and severe weather. The first round began sweeping across the metro area around 6 a.m. and will continue to do so until about noon.The next chance for severe weather rolls in around 1 p.m. and lasts until the early evening. A tornado watch is in effect several communities east of Kansas City until 6 p.m.LIVE STORM UPDATES:2:25 p.m. — Jackson County has been dropped from the tornado watch in effect until the early evening east of the metro. 1:09 p.m. — The National Weather Service in Topeka says an EF1 tornado touched down just southwest of Overbrook, Kansas earlier this morning around 6 a.m. It carried winds of up to 100 mph and was …