⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Atchison; Leavenworth – Friday, August 21, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 4:11PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

At 411 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Effingham, or 10 miles northeast of Valley Falls, moving southeast at
40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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…
Atchison, Effingham, Lancaster, Easton, Muscotah, Farmington, Huron,
Lowemont, Cummings, Arrington, and Potter.

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.