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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2026, 6:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 26 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
- May 4, 2026, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2026, 6:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Ray County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 4, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 5:08 AM CDT, 13 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 0508 AM CDT Mon May 04 2026 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-051008- 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- 0508 AM CDT Mon May 04 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...Tuesday through Sunday. Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on potential weather hazards. .KEY MESSAGES... - Another warm and breezy day expected today. - Additional storms are expected tonight, some of which could produce large hail and straight line winds. - Cooler, showery weather expected Tuesday - Wednesday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026
Sources
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.