⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Atchison, KS – Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 9:37PM CDT until August 18 at 10:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

SVREAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Atchison County in northeastern Kansas…

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 937 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Effingham, or
8 miles southeast of Horton, moving east at 45 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…
Atchison, Effingham, Lancaster, Muscotah, Farmington, Huron,
Cummings, Arrington, and Potter.

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.