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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 15, 20264 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2026, 6:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2026, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grundy County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 15, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 8.0

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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 Apr 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:07 AM CDT, 13 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0507 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-161007-
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 Wed Apr 15 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...

* Active weather pattern continues with multiple additional chances
  for strong to severe thunderstorms, today/Wednesday and Friday.
  - Today/Wednesday: SPC Day 1 Slight Risk
  - Friday: SPC Day 3 Enhanced Risk

* Warm temperatures (upper 70s to low/mid 80s) are expected to
  persist through the work week, then cooler and drier
  conditions expected this weekend and into early next week.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:01 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
601 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     Hail             2 WNW Kingsville        38.76N 94.10W
04/15/2026  E1.25 Inch       Johnson            MO   Public

            Taken from social media, estimated ping
            pongs. Time estimated from radar.

&&

spg

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
605 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0559 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Adrian                  38.40N 94.35W
04/15/2026                   Bates              MO   Public

            Taken from social media, video of bent power
            poles and shingles blown off house. Time
            estimated by radar.

&&

spg

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant HIll MO
611 PM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0609 PM     Tornado          2 ENE Clinton           38.38N 93.75W
04/15/2026                   Henry              MO   Storm Chaser

            Tornado reported on the ground by storm
            chaser.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:29 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	49 min
Apr 14, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	39 min
Apr 15, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	27 min
Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	30 min
Apr 15, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	38 min
Apr 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	40 min
Apr 15, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	47 min
Apr 15, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	40 min
Apr 15, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston, Ray	50 min
Apr 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cass, Jackson	43 min
Apr 15, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	38 min
Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	43 min
Apr 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	41 min
Apr 15, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	46 min
Apr 15, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	34 min
Apr 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	33 min
Apr 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray	48 min
Apr 15, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	46 min
Apr 15, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, Ray	41 min
Apr 15, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	39 min
Apr 15, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry	24 min
Apr 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson	22 min
Apr 15, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Linn, Livingston, Ray	43 min
Apr 15, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	50 min
Apr 15, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Henry, Pettis	12 min
Apr 15, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison, Mercer, Putnam	22 min
Apr 15, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Henry, Pettis	6 min
Apr 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	24 min
Apr 15, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Miami	44 min

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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.