Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 02:41

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 27 at 4:41AM CDT until April 27 at 5:00AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 2:41am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 3:00am
Description: 
At 441 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Breckenridge to 9 miles southeast of Cowgill to Hardin, moving east at 50 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... Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Kearney, Richmond, Lexington, Lawson, Lathrop, Hamilton, Braymer, Orrick, Norborne, Polo, Hardin, Holt, Breckenridge, Henrietta, Crystal Lakes, Sibley, Kingston, and Utica. This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 18 and 41.
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.
Area Description: 
Caldwell, MO; Carroll, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; Daviess, MO; Jackson, MO; Lafayette, MO; Livingston, MO; Ray, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov