Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 6 at 11:14PM CST until March 6 at 11:30PM CST by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
March 6, 2026 - 9:14pm
Expires:
March 6, 2026 - 9:30pm
Description:
At 1114 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Leavenworth to near Lansing to near Basehor to
near Tonganoxie to near Linwood, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Shawnee, Lenexa, Leavenworth, Lansing, Bonner Springs, De Soto,
Parkville, Tonganoxie, Platte City, Basehor, Edwardsville, Weatherby
Lake, Weston, Lake Quivira, Kansas City Intl Arpt, Kansas City,
Camden Point, Platte Woods, Linwood, and Tracy.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 416.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 8 and 29.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 5 and 34.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 206 and 226.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CST for northeastern
Kansas. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 400 AM CST for
northeastern and east central Kansas...and west central Missouri.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Johnson, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov