⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Leavenworth, KS; Wyandotte, KS; Platte, MO – Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 19 at 12:38AM CDT until August 19 at 1:15AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

SVREAX

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas…
Central Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas…
Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri…

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1238 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Basehor,
moving east at 45 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…
Shawnee, Lansing, Merriam, Mission, Bonner Springs, Parkville,
Tonganoxie, Basehor, Edwardsville, Riverside, Weatherby Lake,
Westwood, Lake Quivira, Kansas City Kansas, Kansas City, Lake
Waukomis, Platte Woods, Westwood Hills, Northmoor, and Houston
Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 70 in Missouri near mile marker 0.
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423.
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 231 and 234.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 3 and 7.
Interstate 635 between mile markers 1 and 12.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 8 and 23.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 219 and 226.

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.