Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/09/2026 20:51

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 9 at 10:51PM CDT until April 9 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 9, 2026 - 8:51pm
Expires: 
April 9, 2026 - 9:15pm
Description: 
At 1051 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Kansas City Intl Arpt to near Lansing to near Bonner Springs, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency management. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Shawnee, Leavenworth, Lansing, Mission, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Parkville, Tonganoxie, Platte City, Basehor, Edwardsville, Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Westwood, Kansas City Kansas, Kansas City Intl Arpt, Kansas City, Lake Waukomis, and Ferrelview. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Missouri near mile marker 0. Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423. Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 232 and 234. Interstate 29 between mile markers 3 and 22. Interstate 635 between mile markers 1 and 12. Interstate 435 between mile markers 9 and 39. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 209 and 226.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO