Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 31 at 2:41AM CDT until July 31 at 3:15AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 31, 2026 - 12:41am
Expires:
July 31, 2026 - 1:15am
Description:
At 240 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Clarksdale to Gower to near Edgerton to near
Weston, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. This storm produced a 66 mph wind gust
at the St Joseph airport.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Leavenworth, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Cameron, Smithville,
Kearney, Platte City, Lawson, Plattsburg, Lathrop, Hamilton, Weston,
Gower, Stewartsville, Agency, Trimble, Polo, Edgerton, Dearborn, and
Camden Point.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 20 and 57.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 16 and 32.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 31 and 32, and between mile
markers 41 and 45.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
Buchanan, MO; Caldwell, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; DeKalb, MO; Platte, MO; Ray, MO
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov