WUUS53 KEAX 172144 SVREAX KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-165-177-172230- /O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0130.260417T2144Z-260417T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 444 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026 The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas... South central Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas... Northern Johnson County in east central Kansas... Clay County in west central Missouri... Southwestern Ray County in west central Missouri... Southeastern Platte County in west central Missouri... Central Jackson County in west central Missouri... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 444 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kansas City Kansas, moving northeast at 40 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... Kansas City, Overland Park, Independence, Lee's Summit, Shawnee, Blue Springs, Lenexa, Leawood, Raytown, Liberty, Gladstone, Prairie Village, Grain Valley, Excelsior Springs, Merriam, Mission, Kearney, Bonner Springs, De Soto, and Parkville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 29. Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423. Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 26. Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 225 and 235. Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 7. Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 12. Interstate 470 between mile markers 12 and 16. Interstate 435 between mile markers 3 and 16, and between mile markers 45 and 68. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 218 and 226. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northeastern and east central Kansas...and west central Missouri. && LAT...LON 3944 9425 3904 9410 3898 9412 3896 9500 3906 9502 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 226DEG 34KT 3909 9465 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CMS