Kansas City is situated on the edge of the " Tornado Alley " , a broad region where cold air from the Rocky Mountains in Canada collides with warm air from the Gulf of Mexico , leading to the formation of powerful storms especially during the spring . A few areas of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area have had some severe outbreaks of tornadoes at different points in the past , including the Ruskin Heights tornado in 1957 , The Tornado Outbreak Sequence of May 2019 and the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence . The region can also fall victim to the sporadic ice storm during the winter months , such as the 2002 ice storm during which hundreds of thousands lost power for days and ( in some cases ) weeks . Kansas City and its outlying areas are also subject to flooding , including the Great Flood of 1993 and the Great Flood of 1951
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993
Kansas City, Kansas