August 20, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Adair; Macon – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Adair; Macon
Effective 8/19/2026, 7:31:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/19/2026, 8:15:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 19 at 7:31PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

At 731 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Atlanta, or 9 miles southwest of La Plata, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Macon, La Plata, Atlanta, Callao, Elmer, Ethel, and South Gifford.

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.