Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 9:06PM CDT until May 18 at 9:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 7:06pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 7:45pm
Description:
At 905 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Stewartsville to near Leavenworth, moving east at
55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Automated weather station.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Cameron, Smithville, Platte City,
Plattsburg, Lathrop, Weston, Gower, Stewartsville, Agency, Trimble,
Edgerton, Dearborn, Camden Point, Osborn, Rushville, Clarksdale,
Tracy, and Lewis and Clark Village.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 43 and 55.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 18 and 50.
Interstate 229 between mile markers 0 and 4.
Instruction:
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 northwestern
and west central Missouri.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Andrew, MO; Buchanan, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; DeKalb, MO; Platte, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov