Kansas, Missouri Tornado Watch | Effective 04/17/2026 15:55

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued April 17 at 5:55PM CDT until April 17 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 3:55pm
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 7:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 130 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LINN MIAMI IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI COOPER HOWARD PETTIS SALINE IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI CARROLL CHARITON LINN LIVINGSTON MACON PUTNAM RANDOLPH SULLIVAN IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI ADAIR SCHUYLER IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BATES CASS HENRY JACKSON JOHNSON LAFAYETTE RAY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADRIAN, BELTON, BOONVILLE, BROOKFIELD, BRUNSWICK, BUTLER, CARROLLTON, CHILLICOTHE, CLINTON, CONCORDIA, DOWNING, FAYETTE, GLASGOW, GLENWOOD, GREEN CITY, GREENTOP, HARRISONVILLE, HIGGINSVILLE, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS CITY, KEYTESVILLE, KIRKSVILLE, LA CYGNE, LA PLATA, LANCASTER, LAWSON, LEXINGTON, LOUISBURG, MACON, MARCELINE, MARSHALL, MILAN, MOBERLY, MOUND CITY, NEW FRANKLIN, ODESSA, OSAWATOMIE, PAOLA, PLEASANT HILL, PLEASANTON, QUEEN CITY, RAYMORE, RICH HILL, RICHMOND, SALISBURY, SEDALIA, UNIONVILLE, WARRENSBURG, AND WINDSOR.
Area Description: 
Linn, KS; Miami, KS; Adair, MO; Bates, MO; Carroll, MO; Cass, MO; Chariton, MO; Cooper, MO; Henry, MO; Howard, MO; Jackson, MO; Johnson, MO; Lafayette, MO; Linn, MO; Livingston, MO; Macon, MO; Pettis, MO; Putnam, MO; Randolph, MO; Ray, MO; Saline, MO; Schuyler, MO; Sullivan, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov