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City of Kansas City Emergency Operations Center
Friday June 5th, 2020 :: 03:00 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:45AM

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas... Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas... Northeastern Johnson County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas... Southeastern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri... Clay County in west central Missouri... Southwestern Clinton County in northwestern Missouri... Platte County in west central Missouri... Western Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 345 AM CDT.

* At 257 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Elwood to near Lewis And Clark Village to near McLouth, moving southeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Kansas City, Overland Park, Independence, Shawnee, Leavenworth, Leawood, Raytown, Liberty, Gladstone, Grandview, Prairie Village, Lansing, Excelsior Springs, Merriam, Mission, Smithville, Kearney, Bonner Springs, Parkville and Platte City. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 13. Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423. Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 30. Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 227 and 235. Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 41. Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 12. Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 4. Interstate 435 between mile markers 8 and 74. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 223 and 226.

* AFFECTED AREAS: JACKSON, MO ... BUCHANAN, MO ... PLATTE, MO ... CLINTON, MO ... JOHNSON, KS ... LEAVENWORTH, KS ... WYANDOTTE, KS ... ATCHISON, KS ... CLAY, MO

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
City of Kansas City Emergency Operations Center
Kansas City City Hall
Kansas City, MO 64106

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 816-513-1313

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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