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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1109 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
  Northeastern Johnson County in east central Kansas...
  Southern Clay County in west central Missouri...
  Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri...
  Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1109 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kansas City,
  or near Kansas City Kansas, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Kansas City, Overland Park, Independence, Lee`s Summit, Shawnee,
  Blue Springs, Lenexa, Leawood, Raytown, Liberty, Gladstone, Prairie
  Village, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, Merriam, Mission, Parkville, Edwardsville,
  North Kansas City, Fairway, and Mission Hills.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 29.
 Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 413 and 423.
 Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 14.
 Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 222 and 235.
 Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 6.
 Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 12.
 Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 9, between mile markers 20
and 22, between mile markers 50 and 76, and mile marker 80 and near
mile marker 83.
 Interstate 49 near mile marker 183.


HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Instructions:

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