Sunday, February 27, 2011

Tornado warning for Barton, northern Jasper County until 9:30 p.m.

From the National Weather Service:

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CST.

* AT 834 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ATORNADO NEAR CHEROKEE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARMA...ASBURY...BEULAH...BOSTON...BURGESS...CHEROKEE...CHICOPEE...CROWEBURG...DUDENVILLE...FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...GOLDEN CITY...HANNON...IANTHA...IRWIN...JASPER...KENOMA...LAMAR HEIGHTS...LAMAR...LIBERAL...LONEOAK...MILFORD...MINDENMINES...MULBERRY...NASHVILLE...OAKTON...OPOLIS...PITTSBURG...POLK...RINGO...ROSELAND...SCAMMON...VERDELLA...WEIR AND YALE.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGEDAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.

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