Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 26 at 4:49PM CDT until April 26 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 26, 2026 - 2:49pm
Expires:
April 26, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description:
At 449 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Spring Hill to near Louisburg to 6 miles
northwest of Drexel, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Overland Park, Lee's Summit, Leawood, Grandview, Belton, Raymore,
Gardner, Harrisonville, Pleasant Hill, Paola, Spring Hill, Greenwood,
Peculiar, Osawatomie, Louisburg, Lake Lotawana, Edgerton, Archie,
Lake Winnebago, and Drexel.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 200 and 209.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 148 and 180.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for east central
Kansas...and west central Missouri.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Johnson, KS; Miami, KS; Cass, MO; Jackson, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov