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

Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 4:40PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

At 439 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Easton, or 10 miles northeast of Oskaloosa, moving southeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 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…
Leavenworth, Lansing, Atchison, Tonganoxie, Basehor, Effingham,
Lancaster, Easton, Muscotah, Lewis and Clark Village, Fairmount,
Farmington, Huron, Fort Leavenworth, Arrington, Lowemont, Cummings,
Jarbalo, 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.