⚠️ Special Weather Statement – De Kalb; Daviess; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Platte; Clay; Ray – Saturday, July 4, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 1:20AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

At 120 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lathrop, moving east at 45 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…
Excelsior Springs, Cameron, Smithville, Kearney, Lawson, Plattsburg,
Lathrop, Hamilton, Gower, Braymer, Stewartsville, Trimble, Polo,
Edgerton, Holt, Osborn, Breckenridge, Crystal Lakes, Kingston, and
Clarksdale.

This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 27 and
61.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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