Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued April 23 at 3:30AM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
April 23, 2025 - 1:30am
Expires:
April 23, 2025 - 2:00am
Description:
At 330 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Leawood, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Overland Park, Roeland Park, Olathe, Lee's Summit, Merriam, Clare,
Lenexa, Lackmans, Bonner Springs, Westwood, Muncie, Edwardsville,
Linwood, Stanley, Unity Village, Leawood, Mission Hills, Mission,
Fairway, and Lake Lotawana.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 3 and 28.
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 420 and 422.
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 2.
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 207 and 235.
Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 4.
Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 12, and between mile
markers 60 and 83.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 206 and 224.
Instruction:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Area Description:
Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Jackson
Forcast Office:
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO