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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 472, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 19, 2026Atchison County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 4:35 PM CDT for Atchison County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 19, 2026, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Atchison County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 Aug 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 5:05 AM CDT, 11 hours 30 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 11:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte36 min
Aug 18, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXPlatte42 min
Aug 18, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte36 min
Aug 19, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte37 min
Aug 19, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte45 min
Aug 19, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte23 min
Aug 19, 1:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson, Platte3 hr
Aug 19, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatEAXClay, Jackson, Platte50 min
Aug 19, 3:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte4 hr
Aug 19, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson31 min
Aug 19, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison41 min
Aug 19, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison55 min
Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt, Nodaway66 min
Aug 19, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway21 min
Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway42 min
Aug 19, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway49 min
Aug 19, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan, Clinton, Platte38 min
Aug 19, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 2 more48 min
Aug 19, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Clinton, Daviess, Livingston, Ray52 min
Aug 19, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLivingston32 min
Aug 18, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.