⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Wyandotte, KS; Clay, MO; Jackson, MO; Platte, MO – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 19 at 1:40AM CDT until August 19 at 2:30AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

SVREAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas…
Southwestern Clay County in west central Missouri…
Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri…
Central Jackson County in west central Missouri…

* Until 230 AM CDT.

* At 139 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kansas City
Kansas, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Kansas City, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Gladstone,
Grain Valley, Parkville, North Kansas City, Sugar Creek, Buckner,
Riverside, Kansas City Kansas, Courtney, Lake Tapawingo, Avondale,
Sibley, Northmoor, River Bend, Kansas City Downtown, and
Birmingham.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 23.
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 418 and 423.
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 1 and 10.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 2.
Interstate 635 between mile markers 4 and 11.
Interstate 470 between mile markers 15 and 16.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 54 and 63.

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.