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At least six unconfirmed tornadoes touched down late Wednesday morning in the Kansas City area, according to authorities, but only minor damage and no injuries were reported.
It was the second consecutive day of severe weather across the state, which included a storm Tuesday that killed two people in Stafford County.
One tornado Wednesday was reported in Louisburg about 10:50 a.m., Miami County Undersheriff Wayne Minckley said. He said officers saw the twister lift a pickup, spin it and drop it to the ground. The driver escaped with minor injuries as the storm moved north toward downtown Kansas City, Mo.
Authorities in Stafford County said Sharon Gleason pulled her Ford Explorer off U.S. 281 north of St. John to seek shelter from the storm about 5 p.m. Tuesday. She parked under a large cottonwood tree next to a farmstead's driveway, Stafford County Sheriff Jeff Parr said.
A tornado struck the farmstead, uprooting the cottonwood and smashing it into the Explorer. Gleason, 56, and her 17-year-old son, Jeffrey, were killed.
Her daughter, 21-year-old Kristin, was seriously injured. She is in fair condition at a Great Bend hospital.
"It was a very large cottonwood," Parr said. "The two that were killed were in the front seat of the Explorer."
The tornado was one of 10 confirmed twisters that touched down in central and western Kansas on Tuesday, said Larry Ruthi, meteorologist in charge of the Dodge City branch of the National Weather Service.

 Tampa, Florida - Storms swept through North Texas on Tuesday night, bringing rain, hail, high winds and unconfirmed reports of tornadoes.  The bad weather left DFW International Airport trying to get a handle on the cancellation of more flights.
Bad weather has caused the cancellation of more than 200 flights since Monday. American Airlines said it canceled 50 to 60 flights on Tuesday alone, which has impacted travelers trying to fly into Tampa International Airport.
Sabrina Haynes of Lakeland spent hours waiting by the phone for her niece to fly into TIA. Kinesha King left Lawton, Oklahoma to catch a flight out of DFW on Monday night.
Haynes says, "We were, like, talking back and forth because we were very concerned."
American Airlines has tried to make room on flights for those forced to spend the night unexpectedly in the airport or the Dallas/Ft. Worth area due to a canceled connecting flight on Monday.
King is five months pregnant and her aunt says she was forced to spend Monday night in the airport due to the bad weather. Her flight was canceled.
Haynes says she's disappointed in American Airlines. "I personally thought they should have done more about that than what they did because, I mean, she's young and she's pregnant. She had to sleep at the airport."
American Airlines said hail damaged some of their planes.