Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/17/2026 12:38

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 2:38PM CDT until April 17 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 12:38pm
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 1:15pm
Description: 
SVREAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Doniphan County in northeastern Kansas... Atchison County in northeastern Kansas... Southwestern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri... Northwestern Platte County in west central Missouri... * Until 315 PM CDT. * At 237 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nortonville, or near Valley Falls, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Atchison, Nortonville, Effingham, Rushville, Lancaster, Lewis and Clark Village, Doniphan, Farmington, Iatan, Potter, Cummings, and Bean Lake.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northeastern Kansas...and northwestern and west central Missouri.
Area Description: 
Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Buchanan, MO; Platte, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO