⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Ray; Jackson; Lafayette; Cass; Johnson – Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued October 13 at 9:53PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

At 953 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong
thunderstorms extending from near Sibley to over Pleasant Hill, or
extending from near Buckner to over Pleasant Hill, moving east at 40
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Independence, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Pleasant
Hill, Oak Grove, Odessa, Greenwood, Lexington, Sugar Creek,
Buckner, Lake Lotawana, Lake Winnebago, Lone Jack, Orrick,
Wellington, Lake Tapawingo and Henrietta.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.