Tornado warning issued for Joplin, area

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
919 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF NEUTRAL...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAXTER
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ASBURY...ATLAS...BAXTER
SPRINGS...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CLIFF
VILLAGE...CRESTLINE...DENNIS ACRES...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...GALENA...
IRON GATES...JOPLIN...LAKESIDE...LAWTON...LEAWOOD...LOWELL...NECK
CITY...NEUTRAL...OAKLAND PARK...ORONOGO...PURCELL...REDINGS MILL...
RIVERTON...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...
SHOAL CREEK ESTATE...SILVER CREEK...TREECE...WACO AND WEBB CITY.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS TORNADO.