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@NickBenderKMBC

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Morning Meteorologist & Storm Chaser at @KMBC in Kansas City. I call the Plains Home. Christian. Husband. Father. Penn Stater. Angler. #MOwx #KSwx

KC via OKC, TUL & AMA
Joined August 2011
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2 years
🤯 Kansas City is 22° on 2/22/2022. It's also Tuesday lol. @kmbc
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❤️ Mairin. 8 pounds 7 ounces. Praise the Lord! @kmbc
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🌇 In two weeks the sun will set at 7:24 PM in Kansas City! @kmbc
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🎉 Our family has expanded, and we’ll welcome a baby girl in May! @kmbc
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😂 Are you these ducks when it snows? Cute video from Melissa McDonald in Hillsdale Lake, KS. @kmbc #mowx #kswx #snowday
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Dane Bender. Born today 9:22AM. So grateful to God for this blessing, for the courage, grace and strength of my wife, our wonderful family and friends swooping in to help and the incredible hospital staff. Full head of blond/red hair! @kmbc
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🍁 Maybe the most breathtaking fall foliage picture I've seen so far! 📸 Grizzle in Kansas City. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🌠 Absolutely stunning shot of a meteor streaking the sky tonight over Albany, MO. 📸 Dan Bush. @kmbc @spann @StormHour @JimCantore
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🎆 Kansas City erupting in fireworks celebrating another Chiefs Super Bowl victory! Picking it all up on radar! ⁦ @kmbc #chiefs #SuperBowl
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5 years
Fun experiment to do with your kids this morning: instant ice! @kmbc @kcpublicschools
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6 years
Today, my wife and I made a commitment to raise our son to know God’s love for him. It’s a blessing to be part of a church family who is committed to helping us.
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🤯 It’s possible Kansas City gets very close to 80° on Wednesday! @kmbc
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Tornado earlier this evening in Effingham, KS. From Jenny Goodman. @kmbc @Ginger_Zee @spann @StormHour @NWSKansasCity #kswx
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🌇 Sunset on what could be the last 50° day for a while in Kansas City. 📸 Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc
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🎉 Today is my 7-year anniversary at KMBC. I love the communities I serve! Thank you Kansas and Missouri. @kmbc
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Today marks five years for me at @kmbc ! I’ve developed friendships with many of you; I’ve even been blessed enough to meet some of you! We’ve laughed in the good times, & cried & hugged during the hard ones. Thank you for your friendship & your trust! 🙏🏻 #mowx #kswx
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🌪 Tornado at 3:48 PM just north of Polo, MO. 📸 Jessica Lynn Farmer. @kmbc @NWSKansasCity @spann @StormHour #MOwx
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❄️ It must be Thursday, because it’s snowing in Kansas City. @kmbc
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🌅 A spring sunrise in Kansas City. 📸 Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc
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Wow! You're showing off this morning Kansas City! @spann @StormHour
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🎆How big was the celebration in Kansas City when the #Chiefs won the Super Bowl? The fireworks showed up on radar! The explosion of blue/green between 9:15 pm and 9:30 pm were the fireworks! #ChiefsKingdom @kmbc
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One-week old. Biggest blessing of our life. @kmbc
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Give this 10-year-old photographer some love! From Kennison Tebbe in Independence, MO. Winter snow meets fall red. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🌌 Whoa! Who saw this last night in the sky? This is a SpaceX Booster spiraling across the sky over Kansas and Missouri. 📸 Katrina DeGraeve in Johnson County, KS. #MOwx #KSwx @kmbc
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🎉 Today marks eight years for me at KMBC and KCWE. It’s been a pleasure serving the people of Kansas and Missouri, and I hope for more years to come. Thank you 🙏🏻. @kmbc @KCWE29
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✨ Aurora Alert! G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm. Northern lights may be visible Friday night in Kansas City. Look low on the horizon. This could be a good one. @kmbc
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❄ Petition to change Thursday to Snowsday in Kansas City. @kmbc
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2 years
1:17-1:23 AM. Tornado looks to have formed formed near 95th & Antioch in Overland Park, KS and traveled east along 95th to at least State Line. This is preliminary. #MOwx #KSwx @kmbc
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🛸 Incredible shelf cloud with a line of severe thunderstorms that blew through Lee’ Summit, MO this morning. 📸 Courney Hulsey. @kmbc @NWSKansasCity @spann @StormHour #mowx #kswx
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Hey Houston, we’ll keep it frosty for you. #ChiefsKingdom @kmbc
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Maybe the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen falling in Kansas City right now! It’s 35°! @kmbc @spann @Ginger_Zee #mowx #kswx
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This young guy is Cameron. His mom said he saw me at his school during a weather talk about tornadoes, and wanted to be like me. I’m touched, and also reminded what an incredible responsibility we have as adults to set an example for our kids. @kmbc
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Gustnado, or brief, weak tornado around 7:45 AM. This was taken in Lee’s Summit, MO heading west on 150 Highway from Kelly Halford. Im on vacation, and can’t retrieve complete, archived radar data to confirm. @kmbc @NWSKansasCity @NevilleKMBC @spann @StormHour
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😍 The sky has been breathtaking this weekend over Kansas City. 📸 Grizzle. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🙌 What a heavenly sunset! 📸 Beth Masterson Luther in Kansas City, MO. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Incredible! From Rick Gortney in Lee's Summit, MO. @kmbc @spann @Ginger_Zee
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Lightning is incredible. This video of lightning from Ash Padgett in Lee’s Summit, MO last night is incredible. @kmbc @spann @StormHour #mowx #kswx
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🤩 Ribbons of pink and purple are streaming across the sky above the Kansas City area. The aurora will continue to ebb and flow throughout the night. What an experience. What an absolutely breathtaking experience! 📸 Liz in Olathe, KS. @kmbc #aurora
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We are overjoyed and grateful to God for the blessing of a baby boy due in February! @kmbc
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🦆 627 million birds are predicted to migrate south overnight! With clear skies tonight over Kansas City we could see up to 35,000 birds/km. Keep your eyes and ears open today and tonight and make sure to share this with your friends. @kmbc
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The was a sunset for the books in Kansas City! 📸 Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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😳 Storms this evening have produced huge hail. Baseball to nearly softball size hail! 📸 Jennifer Hampton Kennedy in Edwardsville, KS. @kmbc @NWSKansasCity @spann #kswx #mowx
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❤️ I’m smitten.
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❗️Record crushed. Kansas City is at 83° breaking the old record high of 80° set in 1901! @kmbc #mowx #kswx
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🌊 Luminescent shelf cloud sweeping into Olathe, KS. Wind gusts 60-65 mph as this pushes through. 📸 Matt Buelt. @kmbc @spann @StormHour @NWSKansasCity #kswx #mowx
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A glimpse into Heaven yesterday evening in Kansas City. From Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🎆 Celebratory fireworks over Kansas City when the Chiefs won the Super Bowl picked up on radar! #MOwx #KSwx #ChiefsKingdom #SuperBowlLVII @kmbc
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5 years
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26. Have a blessed, happy Easter!
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🏢🌫 How cool is this?! Downtown Kansas City buildings poking out of the fog and low clouds. #KCwx @kmbc
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2 years
🙏🏻 My paternity leave is coming to an end. I’m so thankful for the time I had off with my family. I’ll see y’all tomorrow morning on FirstNews! @kmbc
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🥶 Walking outside in Kansas City this morning... @kmbc
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🔥 Kansas City sky on fire for the last sunrise of November! 📸 Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🤩 Wow! These are ice pillars! The effect is caused by tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere. 📸 Penny Miles in Belton, MO. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Fall colors burning bright in Kansas City! From Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🌈 Let’s be full of hope and kindness. We’re in this together! How beautiful is this? A rainbow in the midst of a storm in Kansas City. From Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Honored with two Regional Emmys tonight for weather anchor & weathercast. Glory goes to God, & thanks to my wife for all her support. @kmbc
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🙌 My goodness! 22° halo, sun dogs and a sun pillar! Did I miss anything? 📸 Beth Masterson Luther in Kansas City. @kmbc @spann @StormHour #mowx
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That’s something special. From Lisa Foster in Shawnee, KS. @kmbc @spann @Ginger_Zee @StormHour #mowx #kswx
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Celebrating our wedding anniversary on a cold, snowy day with our boy. 🙏🏻❤️
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Welcome to Kansas City, where everything falls from the sky at once. With lightning. In February. @kmbc #MOwx #KSwx
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Sunset in Kansas City. From Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Incredible view of the Effingham, KS tornado yesterday. From Michael Mount. #MOwx #KSwx @kmbc @Ginger_Zee @spann @StormHour
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Stunning sunset in Lee’s Summit, MO. From Rick Gortney. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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❤️💛 We are Super Bowl bound, y’all! #TENvsKC #Chiefs #SuperBowlLIV @kmbc
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What a heavenly sunset in Lee’s Summit, MO. From @Rgeee . @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Gotta love a purple sunset.📸 Beth Masterson Luther in Kansas City, MO. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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❤️ Brother and sister.
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🚗 Car wash lines in Kansas City lately are like the opening day @Whataburger lines. Bring a book or podcast. @kmbc
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🎂 Three years old today, but you’ll always be our baby boy. 📸 Ali Happer.
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🤩 Did you catch that sunrise stunner? 📸 Jen Rarey did in Overland Park, KS! @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Why we preach traveling during a Tornado Watch is dangerous. This is not a place you want to be caught in during a Tornado. From our KMBC Photog Caleb Smith in Linwood, KS. @kmbc @spann @Ginger_Zee @StormHour #mowx #kswx
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3 years
Kansas City running outside right now to see the bright object in the sky. ☀️ @kmbc
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Sunset in Kansas City. 📸Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour #MOwx #KSwx
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Raise your hand if storms woke you up last night. ✋ @kmbc
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⚡ This is from a few nights ago in Olathe, KS. "Lightning trees"! You sometimes see these more apparent, upward-moving lightning strikes off of TV & radio towers, skyscrapers and other tall structures. 📸Christine Stillwell. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Sunrise over a frozen landscape. From Rick Gortney in Lee’s Summit, MO. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Today is Dane’s 1st birthday! He’s walking now, but still loves a fast crawl. Always on the go. Saying mama, dada & nigh nigh. Enjoys playing with books. Has a contagious laugh, but makes you work for it. Kept that red hair & blue eyes. Some days hard work, but always a blessing.
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🍁Fall has arrived at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. 📸 Jeanette Seely-Manuel. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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🙌 It is 60° Kansas City! This time last week the temperature was -1°. @kmbc
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Kansas City since we've had a day without rain...
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A gnarly, luminescent shelf cloud approaching Lee’s Summit, MO. 📸 Courtney Hulsey. @kmbc @spann @StormHour #kcwx #mowx #kswx
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🎉 Today marks nine years serving Kansans and Missourians at KMBC & KCWE. Thank you Jesus for placing me where I can glorify You and serve Your people through my love of the weather. @kmbc
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“He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” (Luke 24:6-7, NIV). Happy Easter my dear friends!
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You are a treasure my friend! Thank you for staying well after your shift to help me and serve countless others!
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@kmbc #FirstAlert 6/8/2022 there is no better teammate to be running and analyzing radar than with this guy. @NickBenderKMBC cut his teeth in Amarillo, Tulsa and the big O-K-C. Time to pass the baton. Good work, man
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🌅 Sunrise in Kansas City. Saharan Dust with thunderstorms casting shadows. 📸 Thomas Wicker in Longview Lake. @kmbc @spann @StormHour #mowx
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❄️⚡️Kansas City, the weather is fixing to get weird. Hail, sleet and snow with lightning all possible this evening & tonight. @kmbc #mowx #kswx
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What a gorgeous sunrise! 📸 Beth Masterson Luther in Kansas City, MO. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Here's why the cold will HELP the @Chiefs ! A layer of warmer air above the colder air will cause the sound to duct, or bounce back toward the ground. Hopefully, that'll keep those decibels up! @ArrowheadPride #LetsRoll #ChiefsKingdom @kmbc
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Kansas City forecasters this morning: thunderstorms...flooding...freezing rain...sleet...snow...wind... #MOwx #KSwx @kmbc
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The @Chiefs delivered a wonderful victory to #ChiefsKingdom , and @PatrickMahomes gave nine-year-old Nathan his headband from the game. This is what it’s about, y’all! @kmbc
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Kansas City showing off this evening! 📸 Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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What a treat! 🌈 This is known as a circumhorizontal arc. The sun’s light is refracted (bent) by ice crystals in high-level citrus clouds. From Sylvia Langhammer in Arkansas. @kmbc @spann @StormHour #arwx
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Ten years ago this week, I began working at KMBC and KCWE. My wife and I moved to Kansas City shortly after getting married on a path we did not intend, but God did. “God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes”.
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🍁Oh, fall in Kansas City. 📸Beth Masterson Luther. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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@ericstonestreet @PatrickMahomes @NWSKansasCity Spring will feel so nice when it arrives in June...
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"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer & supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." (Philippians 4:6 ESV). In this uncertain time of social distancing, don't forget to call your loved ones - let them know they aren't alone.
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The sun punching through Thunderstorms! 📸 Beth Masterson Luther in Kansas City. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Sunrise over James A. Reed Wildlife in Lee’s Summit, MO. @kmbc @spann @StormHour
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Just pure joy ♥️.
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Worst storm to hit the Kansas City metro area this year. Over 130,000 @evergypower customers without power right now. Peak gust was 89 mph near Shawnee, KS. @kmbc #MOwx #KSwx
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