Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 3:39PM CDT until April 17 at 4:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 17, 2026 - 1:39pm
Expires:
April 17, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...
Southeastern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas...
Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri...
Northern Platte County in west central Missouri...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 338 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Winchester,
or 11 miles north of Oskaloosa, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Atchison, Weston, Agency, Edgerton,
Dearborn, Camden Point, Rushville, Easton, Lewis and Clark Village,
De Kalb, Ridgely, Iatan, Faucett, Bean Lake, Lowemont, and Potter.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 29 between mile markers 22 and 45.
Interstate 229 between mile markers 0 and 1.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas...and northwestern and west central Missouri.
Area Description:
Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Buchanan, MO; Platte, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov