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City of Kansas City Emergency Operations Center
Wednesday April 17th, 2019 :: 10:18 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:00PM

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas... Miami County in east central Kansas... Northwestern Linn County in east central Kansas... Johnson County in east central Kansas... Northwestern Cass County in west central Missouri... Southwestern Jackson County in west central Missouri...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 859 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Wellsville to near Princeton to near Williamsburg, moving northeast at 30 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... Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Grandview, Belton, Prairie Village, Raymore, Gardner, Merriam, Mission, De Soto, Paola, Spring Hill, Peculiar, Osawatomie, Edwardsville, Louisburg and Edgerton. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 200 and 230. Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 8, and between mile markers 74 and 83.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS, MO ... JACKSON, MO ... LINN, KS ... JOHNSON, KS ... WYANDOTTE, KS ... MIAMI, KS

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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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