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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2026, 11:37 PM CDT for Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2026, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2026, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pettis County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 6:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 0507 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-241007- Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS- Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler- Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton- Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton- Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis- Cooper-Bates-Henry- 0507 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Through tonight. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .KEY MESSAGES... - Severe thunderstorms will be possible to likely late this afternoon into late evening as a cold front moves through the region from west to east. - Initial storms later this afternoon across far NW Missouri and NE and eastern KS may pose a threat for relatively discrete storms capable of all severe hazards. - Storms should congeal into a line of thunderstorm by later this evening, with damaging wind gusts becoming the primary hazard. However, cannot rule out a couple brief tornadoes. - Active weather pattern is likely to continue through the weekend and into Monday. Strong to severe storms will be possible on Sunday afternoon into late Sunday night and again on Monday. - Total rainfall accumulations from today through Monday could approach 3 to 4 inches across the region. This could yield some flooding concerns.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 10:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1021 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
MOZ023-024-031-032-240345-
Carroll MO-Chariton MO-Livingston MO-Linn MO-
1021 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CHARITON...WESTERN
LINN...NORTHEASTERN CARROLL AND EASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES THROUGH
1045 PM CDT...
At 1021 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Wheeling to Hale to near Bosworth.
Movement was east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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...
Brookfield, Marceline, Brunswick, Keytesville, Meadville, Hale,
Laclede, Linneus, Wheeling, Purdin, Mendon, De Witt, Sumner,
Rothville, Triplett, and Saint Catherine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central and north central Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3938 9314 3939 9316 3940 9316 3941 9318
3941 9320 3937 9319 3935 9325 3985 9351
4001 9313 3947 9278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 248DEG 43KT 3979 9346 3961 9335 3946 9325
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
KrullLocal storm report, Apr 23, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
1028 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 ESE Parker 38.30N 94.93W
04/23/2026 Linn KS Law Enforcement
Barn destroyed. Time estimated from radar.
&&
OMLocal storm report, Apr 23, 10:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
1043 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0941 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 NW Missouri City 39.28N 94.34W
04/23/2026 M65 MPH Clay MO Public
Report from personal weather station.
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OMLocal storm report, Apr 23, 11:15 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 2 more | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte, Ray | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Ray | 18 min |
| Apr 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 17 min |
| Apr 23, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 1 more | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston, Ray | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton, Linn | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 10:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 10:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 85 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.