⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO – Friday, August 21, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 21 at 4:50PM CDT until August 21 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

SVREAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas…
Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas…
South central Atchison County in northeastern Kansas…
South central Platte County in west central Missouri…

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nortonville,
or near Valley Falls, moving southeast at 35 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…
Leavenworth, Lansing, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Parkville,
Tonganoxie, Basehor, Edwardsville, Weatherby Lake, Kansas City,
Linwood, Easton, Reno, Fairmount, Farley, Farmington, Pomeroy,
Waldron, Stillings, and Maywood.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 70 in Kansas near mile marker 410.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 14 and 24.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 210 and 226.

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.