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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 442, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 5, 20264 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2026, 6:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 65 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: Aug 5, 2026, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 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 Aug 5, 6:14 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:14 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 5:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0505 AM CDT Wed Aug 05 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-061005-
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-
0505 AM CDT Wed Aug 05 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...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Multiple Rounds of Showers and Thunderstorms Today Through
  Thursday Morning

- Flood Watch Issued for Central Missouri Tonight through Thursday
  Morning

- Brief Break from 90s Temperatures, But Warm Up Possible Over the
  Weekend Again

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 7:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Adair, Sullivan	3 hr
Aug 5, 1:50 AM CDT	Flood Watch	EAX	Adair, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 23 more	32 hr
Aug 5, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison, Mercer	51 min
Aug 5, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Sullivan	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2026 Every 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.