Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 8:17PM CDT until May 18 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 6:17pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description:
At 816 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Savannah to Elwood to Rushville, moving east at
65 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Automated weather station. At 813 pm, the St. Joseph
Airport reported a 61 mph wind gust.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
St. Joseph, Cameron, Savannah, Plattsburg, Lathrop, Gower, Wathena,
Elwood, Maysville, Country Club Villa, Country Club, Stewartsville,
Agency, Union Star, Osborn, Amazonia, Rushville, Clarksdale, Lewis
and Clark Village, and Easton.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 39 and 56.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 32 and 59.
Interstate 229 between mile markers 0 and 14.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas...and north central and northwestern Missouri. A Tornado Watch
also remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central and
northwestern Missouri.
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.
Area Description:
Doniphan, KS; Andrew, MO; Buchanan, MO; Clinton, MO; DeKalb, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov