Kansas, Missouri Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 04/27/2026 00:49

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 27 at 2:49AM CDT until April 27 at 3:15AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
April 27, 2026 - 12:49am
Expires: 
April 27, 2026 - 1:15am
Description: 
At 249 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Elwood to near Nortonville, moving east at 45 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... St. Joseph, Atchison, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, Country Club Villa, Country Club, Effingham, Amazonia, Rushville, Lancaster, Denton, Lewis and Clark Village, Doniphan, De Kalb, Farmington, Huron, St. Joseph Airport, Bendena, and Cummings. This includes the following highways... Interstate 29 between mile markers 50 and 60. Interstate 229 between mile markers 3 and 14.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Andrew, MO; Buchanan, MO; Holt, MO; Platte, MO
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO