Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 4:27PM CDT until April 17 at 5:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 17, 2026 - 2:27pm
Expires:
April 17, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Johnson County in east central Kansas...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 427 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Vinland, or
over Baldwin City, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Prairie Village,
Gardner, Merriam, Mission, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Spring Hill,
Fairway, Mission Hills, Edgerton, Westwood, Lake Quivira, Westwood
Hills, Mission Woods, and Countryside.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 202 and 230.
Interstate 635 near mile marker 0.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 7, and between mile
markers 76 and 83.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Kansas.
Area Description:
Johnson, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov