July 31, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Atchison, KS; Buchanan, MO; Caldwell, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; DeKalb, MO; Platte, MO; Ray, MO – Friday, July 31, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Atchison, KS; Buchanan, MO; Caldwell, MO; Clay, MO; Clinton, MO; DeKalb, MO; Platte, MO; Ray, MO
Effective 7/31/2026, 2:32:00 AM CDT
Expires 7/31/2026, 3:15:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 31 at 2:32AM CDT until July 31 at 3:15AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

SVREAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas…
Eastern Buchanan County in northwestern Missouri…
Clinton County in northwestern Missouri…
Northern Clay County in west central Missouri…
Northwestern Ray County in west central Missouri…
Caldwell County in north central Missouri…
Northern Platte County in west central Missouri…
Southern DeKalb County in northwestern Missouri…

* Until 315 AM CDT.

* At 231 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles west of Clarksdale to near Agency to near
Dearborn to near Easton, moving east at 60 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts. This storm has a history of producing
60 to 70 mph winds.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Cameron,
Smithville, Kearney, Platte City, Lawson, Plattsburg, Lathrop,
Hamilton, Weston, Gower, Stewartsville, Agency, Trimble, Polo,
Edgerton, and Dearborn.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 20 and 56.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 16 and 45.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 31 and 32, and between mile
markers 41 and 45.
Interstate 229 near mile marker 0.

Instructions

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


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.