⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Clay; Jackson – Saturday, August 22, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 22 at 8:22AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

At 821 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sugar Creek, moving south at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Kansas City, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Raytown,
Liberty, Grandview, Grain Valley, Greenwood, North Kansas City, Sugar
Creek, Lake Lotawana, Claycomo, Courtney, Lake Winnebago, Lone Jack,
Lake Tapawingo, Avondale, Missouri City, and River Bend.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 2 and 28.
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 3 and 5.
Interstate 470 between mile markers 2 and 16.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 54 and 69.

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.