Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/18/2026 19:13

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 9:13PM CDT until May 18 at 10:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 18, 2026 - 7:13pm
Expires: 
May 18, 2026 - 8:15pm
Description: 
SVREAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Cass County in west central Missouri... Southeastern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri... Clinton County in northwestern Missouri... Clay County in west central Missouri... Western Ray County in west central Missouri... Western Caldwell County in north central Missouri... Eastern Platte County in west central Missouri... Jackson County in west central Missouri... * Until 1015 PM CDT. * At 913 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Gower to Edgerton, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Automated weather station. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Leawood, Raytown, Liberty, Gladstone, Grandview, Belton, Prairie Village, Raymore, Grain Valley, Excelsior Springs, Cameron, Smithville, Kearney, Pleasant Hill, Greenwood, and Peculiar. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 1 and 29. Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 53. Interstate 35 in Kansas near mile marker 235. Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 4. Interstate 635 between mile markers 10 and 12. Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16. Interstate 435 between mile markers 38 and 75. Interstate 49 between mile markers 169 and 183.
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 north central and northwestern Missouri. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for northeastern and east central Kansas...and north central, northwestern and west central Missouri.
Area Description: 
Buchanan, MO; Caldwell, MO; Cass, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; Jackson, MO; Platte, MO; Ray, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov