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City of Kansas City Emergency Operations Center
Saturday May 8th, 2021 :: 11:19 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:00AM Sunday

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas... Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas... Southeastern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas... Southern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri... Platte County in west central Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1118 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Winchester, or 7 miles northeast of Oskaloosa, moving east at 55 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... Leavenworth, Lansing, Atchison, Mission, Bonner Springs, Parkville, Tonganoxie, Platte City, Basehor, Edwardsville, Riverside, Weatherby Lake, Weston, Gower, Westwood, Lake Quivira, Kansas City Kansas, Kansas City, Lake Waukomis and Edgerton. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Missouri near mile marker 0. Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423. Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 231 and 234. Interstate 29 between mile markers 4 and 36. Interstate 635 between mile markers 1 and 12. Interstate 435 between mile markers 9 and 39. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 213 and 226.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ATCHISON, KS ... LEAVENWORTH, KS ... WYANDOTTE, KS ... BUCHANAN, MO ... PLATTE, 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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