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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 418, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 10, 2026Cass County, Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri; 4 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2026, 4:42 AM CDT for Cass County, Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri; 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 10, 2026, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2026, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2026-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2398 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2026-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.5

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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 Jul 10, 12:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 12:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:13 AM CDT, 23 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
513 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-101015-
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-
513 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Slight to Marginal risk for severe weather this afternoon with the
main hazards of damaging winds 60-70 mph and heavy rainfall. Slight
risk for excessive rainfall for today as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Marginal risk for severe weather on Friday mainly south of I-70. Main
risks are wind gusts up to 60 mph and up to quarter sized hail.
Intermittent rain chances linger through the weekend.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis48 min
Jul 10, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXHenry, Pettis35 min
Jul 10, 11:39 AM CDTFlood WatchEAXCooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis13 hr
Jul 10, 12:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt3 hr
Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt6 hr
Jul 10, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan34 min
Jul 10, 1:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry6 hr
Jul 10, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte47 min
Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry, Harrison6 hr
Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison49 min
Jul 10, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray51 min
Jul 10, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb47 min
Jul 10, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Livingston40 min
Jul 10, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Clay, Ray52 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Livingston46 min
Jul 10, 3:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXGrundy, Mercer, Sullivan3 hr
Jul 10, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston, Saline50 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline48 min
Jul 10, 5:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPutnam, Schuyler3 hr
Jul 10, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward33 min
Jul 10, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSaline33 min
Jul 10, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis, Saline42 min
Jul 10, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline40 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline5 hr
Jul 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.