Newtonia, MO Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHERN NEWTON AND SOUTHWESTERN JASPER
COUNTIES...

At 1125 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Galena to 6 miles south of Shoal Creek Drive to near
Seneca, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Joplin, Carthage, Neosho, Webb City, Baxter Springs, Galena, Seneca,
Granby, Carterville, Duquesne, Duenweg, Diamond, Loma Linda, Leawood,
Lowell, Silver Creek, Shoal Creek Drive, Saginaw, Fidelity, and
Redings Mill.

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 26.

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.

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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
95 UNTIL 5 AM CDT SATURDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 93. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN KANSAS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

CHEROKEE

IN MISSOURI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

HICKORY

IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

BARTON                CEDAR                 DADE
JASPER                MCDONALD              NEWTON

IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

ST. CLAIR             VERNON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDERSON, APPLETON CITY, ARNICA,
BAXTER SPRINGS, CAPLINGER MILLS, CARTHAGE, CEDAR SPRINGS,
COLUMBUS, CROSS TIMBERS, EL DORADO SPRINGS, FILLEY, GOODMAN,
GREENFIELD, HERMITAGE, JOHNSON CITY, JOPLIN, KENOMA, LAMAR,
LOCKWOOD, LOWELL, MEINERT, NEOSHO, NEUTRAL, NEVADA, NOEL,
PINEVILLE, PITTSBURG, QUINCY, RIVERTON, ROCKY COMFORT, SHERWIN,
SOUTH WEST CITY, STIPPVILLE, STOCKTON, TIFFIN, WEAUBLEAU,
AND WHEATLAND.