Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 02:48

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 27 at 4:48AM CDT until April 27 at 5:30AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 2:48am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 3:30am
Description: 
At 447 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Breckenridge to 10 miles east of Braymer to near Hardin, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Chillicothe, Richmond, Lexington, Brookfield, Carrollton, Hamilton, Braymer, Waverly, Norborne, Hardin, Meadville, Hale, Breckenridge, Henrietta, Laclede, Bosworth, Linneus, Wheeling, Utica, and Malta Bend.
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.
Area Description: 
Caldwell, MO; Carroll, MO; Chariton, MO; Daviess, MO; Lafayette, MO; Linn, MO; Livingston, MO; Ray, MO; Saline, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO