Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/18/2026 21:31

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 11:31PM CDT until May 19 at 12:15AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 9:31pm
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 10:15pm
Description: 
SVREAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Miami County in east central Kansas... Linn County in east central Kansas... Western Bates County in west central Missouri... * Until 1215 AM CDT. * At 1131 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of Kincaid, or 9 miles southeast of Garnett, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pleasanton, La Cygne, Mound City, Linn Valley, Hume, Parker, Blue Mound, Prescott, Fontana, Amsterdam, Amoret, Foster, Merwin, Worland, and Beagle.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for east central Kansas...and west central Missouri.
Area Description: 
Linn, KS; Miami, KS; Bates, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov