Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 04/23/2026 15:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 23 at 5:56PM CDT until April 24 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 23, 2026 - 3:56pm
Expires: 
April 23, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 138 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS JOHNSON LINN MIAMI IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ATCHISON DONIPHAN LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CALDWELL DAVIESS GRUNDY HARRISON LIVINGSTON MERCER PUTNAM SULLIVAN IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI BUCHANAN CLINTON DEKALB GENTRY WORTH IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BATES CASS CLAY JACKSON PLATTE RAY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADRIAN, ALBANY, ATCHISON, BELTON, BETHANY, BRAYMER, BRECKENRIDGE, BUTLER, CAMERON, CHILLICOTHE, CLARKSDALE, ELWOOD, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, FORT LEAVENWORTH, GALLATIN, GLADSTONE, GRANT CITY, GREEN CITY, HAMILTON, HARRISONVILLE, HIGHLAND, INDEPENDENCE, JAMESPORT, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY KANSAS, KEARNEY, KING CITY, LA CYGNE, LANSING, LATHROP, LAWSON, LEAVENWORTH, LENEXA, LIBERTY, LOUISBURG, MAYSVILLE, MERCER, MILAN, MOUND CITY, OLATHE, OSAWATOMIE, OSBORN, OVERLAND PARK, PAOLA, PARKVILLE, PLATTE CITY, PLATTSBURG, PLEASANT HILL, PLEASANTON, POLO, PRINCETON, RAYMORE, RICH HILL, RICHMOND, RIVERSIDE, SHAWNEE, ST. JOSEPH, ST. JOSEPH AIRPORT, STANBERRY, STANLEY, STEWARTSVILLE, TRENTON, TROY, UNION STAR, UNIONVILLE, WATHENA, WEATHERBY LAKE, AND WESTON.
Area Description: 
Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Johnson, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Linn, KS; Miami, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Bates, MO; Buchanan, MO; Caldwell, MO; Cass, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; Daviess, MO; DeKalb, MO; Gentry, MO; Grundy, MO; Harrison, MO; Jackson, MO; Livingston, MO; Mercer, MO; Platte, MO; Putnam, MO; Ray, MO; Sullivan, MO; Worth, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov