Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 5:17PM CDT until April 17 at 5:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 17, 2026 - 3:17pm
Expires:
April 17, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
Miami County in east central Kansas...
Johnson County in east central Kansas...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 517 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Mission to Louisburg, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Prairie Village,
Gardner, Merriam, Mission, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Paola, Spring
Hill, Osawatomie, Edwardsville, Louisburg, Fairway, Mission Hills,
Westwood, and Lake Quivira.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Missouri near mile marker 0.
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 413 and 423.
Interstate 35 in Missouri near mile marker 0.
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 207 and 235.
Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 6.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 12, and between mile
markers 75 and 83.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
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...and west central Missouri.
Area Description:
Johnson, KS; Miami, KS; Wyandotte, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov