Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 5:22PM CDT until May 18 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 3:22pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 4:15pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Atchison County in northwestern Missouri...
Northern Holt County in northwestern Missouri...
Northwestern Nodaway County in northwestern Missouri...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 522 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Blanchard to near Shubert, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Automated weather station.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Maryville, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Burlington Junction,
Hopkins, Maitland, Skidmore, Craig, Graham, Clearmont, Elmo,
Pickering, Westboro, Quitman, Corning, Phelps City, and Indian Cave
State Park.
This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 88 and 116.
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 1000 PM CDT for northwestern
Missouri.
Area Description:
Atchison, MO; Holt, MO; Nodaway, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov