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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
517 PM CDT Fri Apr 17 2026

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
  Miami County in east central Kansas...
  Johnson County in east central Kansas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 517 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Mission to Louisburg, moving northeast at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Prairie Village,
  Gardner, Merriam, Mission, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Paola, Spring
  Hill, Osawatomie, Edwardsville, Louisburg, Fairway, Mission Hills,
  Westwood, and Lake Quivira.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 70 in Missouri near mile marker 0.
 Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 413 and 423.
 Interstate 35 in Missouri near mile marker 0.
 Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 207 and 235.
 Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 6.
 Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 12, and between mile
markers 75 and 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Kansas...and west central Missouri.

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LAT...LON 3846 9496 3907 9491 3916 9460 3842 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 226DEG 34KT 3908 9467 3863 9470

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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