Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 26 at 3:48PM CDT until April 26 at 4:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 26, 2026 - 1:48pm
Expires:
April 26, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Miami County in east central Kansas...
Johnson County in east central Kansas...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 348 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Lone Star to near Princeton, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also 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, Louisburg, Fairway, Mission Hills, Edgerton,
Westwood, and Lake Quivira.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 200 and 230.
Interstate 635 near mile marker 0.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 7, and between mile
markers 76 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 1100 PM CDT for east central
Kansas...and west central Missouri.
Area Description:
Johnson, KS; Miami, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov