August 21, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Johnson, KS; Miami, KS; Cass, MO; Jackson, MO – Friday, August 21, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Johnson, KS; Miami, KS; Cass, MO; Jackson, MO
Effective 8/21/2026, 5:43:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/21/2026, 6:15:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 21 at 5:43PM CDT until August 21 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

SVREAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Miami County in east central Kansas…
Southeastern Johnson County in east central Kansas…
Northwestern Cass County in west central Missouri…
Southwestern Jackson County in west central Missouri…

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 542 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Overland
Park, 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…
Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Leawood, Belton, Raymore, Peculiar,
Cleveland, Stanley, Stilwell, and Lackmans.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 216 and 224.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 1, and between mile
markers 77 and 83.
Interstate 49 between mile markers 167 and 176.

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.