WWUS53 KEAX 190117
SVSEAX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
817 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

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Doniphan KS-Buchanan MO-Clinton MO-Andrew MO-DeKalb MO-
817 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DONIPHAN...BUCHANAN...CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW
AND DEKALB COUNTIES...

At 816 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Savannah to Elwood to Rushville, moving east at
65 mph.

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

SOURCE...Automated weather station. At 813 pm, the St. Joseph 
         Airport reported a 61 mph wind gust.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
St. Joseph, Cameron, Savannah, Plattsburg, Lathrop, Gower, Wathena,
Elwood, Maysville, Country Club Villa, Country Club, Stewartsville,
Agency, Union Star, Osborn, Amazonia, Rushville, Clarksdale, Lewis
and Clark Village, and Easton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 39 and 56.
 Interstate 29 between mile markers 32 and 59.
 Interstate 229 between mile markers 0 and 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Kansas...and north central and northwestern Missouri. A Tornado Watch
also remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central and
northwestern Missouri.

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.

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LAT...LON 3958 9509 3957 9507 3960 9504 3963 9507
      3995 9488 4004 9460 4003 9420 3958 9421
      3953 9423 3954 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 247DEG 58KT 3997 9487 3974 9488 3958 9502 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

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