Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/17/2026 13:07

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 17 at 3:07PM CDT until April 17 at 3:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 1:07pm
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 1:45pm
Description: 
SVREAX The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Doniphan County in northeastern Kansas... Eastern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas... Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri... Southeastern Holt County in northwestern Missouri... Northwestern Platte County in west central Missouri... Andrew County in northwestern Missouri... * Until 345 PM CDT. * At 307 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles south of Troy to near Atchison, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency management. Quarter size hail was reported in Atchison, Kansas, with this storm. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... St. Joseph, Atchison, Savannah, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, Country Club Villa, Country Club, Agency, Amazonia, Rushville, Fillmore, Lewis and Clark Village, Doniphan, Easton, De Kalb, Bolckow, Rosendale, Cosby, and Rea. This includes the following highways... Interstate 29 between mile markers 38 and 68. Interstate 229 between mile markers 0 and 14.
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 900 PM CDT for northeastern Kansas...and northwestern and west central Missouri.
Area Description: 
Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Andrew, MO; Buchanan, MO; Holt, MO; Platte, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Sender: 
[email protected]