109  
WUUS53 KEAX 190030  
SVREAX  
KSC005-190115-  
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0279.260519T0030Z-260519T0115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO  
730 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...  
 
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 729 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLTON,  
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE  
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,  
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ATCHISON, EFFINGHAM, LANCASTER, MUSCOTAH, FARMINGTON, HURON,  
POTTER, CUMMINGS, AND ARRINGTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN  
KANSAS...AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN  
EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3965 9557 3965 9512 3962 9510 3962 9506  
3960 9504 3958 9506 3958 9511 3954 9511  
3950 9505 3947 9504 3945 9499 3942 9497  
3942 9557  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 255DEG 51KT 3949 9565  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
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