Special Weather Statement 10/30/2024 12:16 for Kansas, Missouri areas

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued October 30 at 2:16PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
October 30, 2024 - 12:16pm
Expires: 
October 30, 2024 - 12:45pm
Description: 
At 216 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Amazonia, or near Troy, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... St. Joseph, Savannah, Albany, Wathena, Elwood, Stanberry, Troy, Country Club Villa, Country Club, King City, Grant City, Agency, Ravenwood, Union Star, Amazonia, Clarksdale, Fillmore, Irena, Easton, and Barnard. This includes the following highways... Interstate 29 between mile markers 41 and 66. Interstate 229 between mile markers 0 and 14.
Instruction: 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northeastern Kansas...and north central and northwestern Missouri.
Area Description: 
Doniphan; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Andrew; De Kalb; Buchanan; Clinton
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO