Expires:202403140830;Remove:202403140830;945506 WWUS83 KEAX 140808 SPSEAX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 308 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024 KSZ104-105-MOZ029-030-037-038-140830- Johnson KS-Wyandotte KS-Ray MO-Lafayette MO-Jackson MO-Clay MO- 308 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL WYANDOTTE...EASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN CLAY...SOUTHWESTERN RAY...WEST CENTRAL LAFAYETTE AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM CDT... At 306 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking multiple thunderstorms across the Kansas City Metro, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, Lee's Summit, Shawnee, Blue Springs, Lenexa, Leawood, Raytown, Liberty, Grandview, Prairie Village, Grain Valley, Excelsior Springs, Merriam, Mission, Oak Grove, Richmond, and Lexington. This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 31. Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 421 and 423. Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 6. Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 211 and 235. Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 2. Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16. Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 5, and between mile markers 53 and 83. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for northeastern and east central Kansas...and west central Missouri. && LAT...LON 3880 9487 3891 9493 3944 9413 3908 9381 TIME...MOT...LOC 0806Z 233DEG 48KT 3908 9439 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ Krull