Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 1:39AM CDT until May 17 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 16, 2026 - 11:39pm
Expires:
May 17, 2026 - 12:15am
Description:
At 138 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fairfax to near White Cloud to near Effingham,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Automated weather station. A 61 mph wind gust was measured
at Falls City, Nebraska.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Atchison, Wathena, Mound City, Highland, Troy, Oregon, Effingham,
Maitland, Rushville, Lancaster, Forest City, Craig, Fillmore, White
Cloud, Muscotah, Denton, Doniphan, Graham, Big Lake, and Severance.
This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 60 and 93.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Andrew, MO; Buchanan, MO; Holt, MO; Nodaway, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov