Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 9:15PM CDT until May 18 at 10:30PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 7:15pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 8:30pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Miami County in east central Kansas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 914 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Wellsville to Waverly, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Paola, Spring Hill, Osawatomie, Louisburg, Drexel, Fontana,
Hillsdale, Wagstaff, Chiles, Bucyrus, New Lancaster, and Beagle.
This includes Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 200 and
201.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for east central
Kansas...and west central Missouri.
Area Description:
Miami, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov