Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 8:15PM CDT until May 18 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 6:15pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 7:00pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Doniphan County in northeastern Kansas...
Atchison County in northeastern Kansas...
Southwestern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri...
Northwestern Platte County in west central Missouri...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 815 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nortonville,
or 7 miles north of Valley Falls, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Atchison, Weston, Effingham, Rushville, Lancaster, Muscotah, Lewis
and Clark Village, Doniphan, De Kalb, Farmington, Huron, Iatan,
Arrington, Bean Lake, Potter, and Cummings.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas...and northwestern Missouri. A Tornado Watch also remains in
effect until 100 AM CDT for northeastern Kansas...and west central
Missouri.
Area Description:
Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Buchanan, MO; Platte, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov