Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/16/2026 23:52

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 1:52AM 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 - 11:52pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 12:15am
Description: 
At 151 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Craig to near Highland to near Lancaster, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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