⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Atchison, KS; Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 10:10PM CDT until August 18 at 11:00PM 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…
Northern Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas…
Southeastern Atchison County in northeastern Kansas…
Central Platte County in west central Missouri…

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1010 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weston,
moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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, Platte City, Basehor, Weston,
Kansas City Intl Arpt, Kansas City, Ferrelview, Easton, Tracy,
Fairmount, Farley, Iatan, Fort Leavenworth, Waldron, Stillings,
Beverly, Hoover, and Lowemont.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 23.
Interstate 435 near mile marker 17, and between mile markers 22 and
36.
Kansas Turnpike near mile marker 223.

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.