Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas... Miami County in east central Kansas... Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas... Johnson County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 329 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Valley Falls to Ozawkie to Lecompton to near Lyndon, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leavenworth, Leawood, Prairie Village, Gardner, Lansing, Merriam, Mission, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Paola, Parkville, Spring Hill, Tonganoxie, Platte City, Basehor and Osawatomie. 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 200 and 234. Interstate 29 between mile markers 4 and 19. Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 12. Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 36, and between mile markers 76 and 83. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 206 and 226.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LEAVENWORTH, KS ... PLATTE, MO ... MIAMI, KS ... WYANDOTTE, KS ... JOHNSON, KS

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing widespread wind damage across the Topeka area. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows!