Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Bourbon County, Kansas
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 1, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas until 11:15 PM CDT, featuring 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm
- Affected area
- Southeastern Kansas
- Issued
- May 1, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Springfield MO
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Southeastern Kansas.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Alert Details
The alert is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, issued by NWS Springfield MO, effective from 10:23 PM CDT on April 23, 2026, until 11:15 PM CDT on the same day.
Affected Areas
The warning affects Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas, including locations such as Fort Scott, Marmaton, Bronson, Uniontown, Fulton, Redfield, Mapleton, Harding, Hiattville, Petersburg, Hammond, Devon, Porterville, and Xenia.
What You Should Do
For your protection, move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency, who will relay the information to the National Weather Service office in Springfield.
Expected Conditions
Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail, which could cause hail damage to vehicles and wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Timeline
The warning is effective from 10:23 PM CDT on April 23, 2026, and expires at 11:15 PM CDT on April 23, 2026.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,004 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 1, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.