Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 9:37PM 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 - 7:37pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 8:30pm
Description:
SVREAX
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Daviess County in north central Missouri...
Southern Grundy County in north central Missouri...
Ray County in west central Missouri...
Western Carroll County in north central Missouri...
Caldwell County in north central Missouri...
Western Lafayette County in west central Missouri...
Livingston County in north central Missouri...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 936 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Pattonsburg to 6 miles east of Spring Hill,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Automated weather station. These storms have produced 60
to 80 mph wind gusts in the Kansas City metro area.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Excelsior Springs, Chillicothe, Oak Grove, Trenton, Richmond,
Odessa, Lexington, Lawson, Hamilton, Gallatin, Braymer, Orrick,
Wellington, Norborne, Polo, Hardin, Jamesport, Breckenridge,
Henrietta, and Crystal Lakes.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 30 and 45.
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 58 and 76.
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
Missouri. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
north central and west central Missouri.
Area Description:
Caldwell, MO; Carroll, MO; Daviess, MO; Grundy, MO; Lafayette, MO; Livingston, MO; Ray, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov