This is a developing story and will be updated.
The National Weather Service is cautioning residents of the metro and surrounding counties to stay alert as the area remains under severe storm warnings.
The threat of hazardous weather remains throughout Sunday night for northwest and north-central Missouri, and northeast Kansas, including Johnson, Linn and Miami counties, which are under flood advisories until 8:15 p.m. A flood watch, for possible flooding caused by excessive rainfall, will take effect at 7 p.m. Sunday and remain in effect through Monday evening.
A tornado watch is in place until 11:00 p.m. for Linn County in Kansas. Missouri counties under a tornado watch include Bates, Cass and Henry. The watch affects cities of Belton, Butler, Clinton, Adrian, Harrisonville, La Cygne, Mound City, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Raymore, Rich Hill and Windsor.
No funnel clouds have been reported touching down at this time, but strong winds, up to 70 mph, and heavy rains have uprooted massive trees and downed power lines. At 6:19 p.m., Evergy reported 3,618 people were without power.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Sedalia MO, Warrensburg MO and Marshall MO until 7:15 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/E4AIlXGRQV
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) April 26, 2026
