Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/23/2026 18:16

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 23 at 8:16PM CDT until April 23 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 23, 2026 - 6:16pm
Expires: 
April 23, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description: 
At 816 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Tonganoxie to near Lawrence to Pleasant Grove, moving east at 35 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... Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leavenworth, Lansing, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Tonganoxie, Basehor, Edwardsville, Weston, Lake Quivira, Kansas City, Linwood, Easton, Reno, Fairmount, Farley, Fort Leavenworth, and Pomeroy. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 415. Interstate 435 between mile markers 5 and 24. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 206 and 226.
Instruction: 
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