Severe thunderstorm watch until 3 a.m. for Joplin, area

(From the National Weather Service)

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 497NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK820 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 497 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDTFOR THE FOLLOWING

KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEN ANDERSON ATCHISON BARTON BOURBON BUTLER CHASE CHAUTAUQUA CHEROKEE CLAY CLOUD COFFEY COWLEY CRAWFORD DICKINSON DOUGLAS ELK ELLSWORTH FRANKLIN GEARY GREENWOOD HARPER HARVEY JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON KINGMAN LABETTE LEAVENWORTH LINCOLN LINN LYON MARION MARSHALL MCPHERSON MIAMI MONTGOMERY MORRIS NEOSHO OSAGE OTTAWA POTTAWATOMIE PRATT RENO REPUBLIC RICE RILEY RUSSELL SALINE SEDGWICK SHAWNEE STAFFORD SUMNER WABAUNSEE WASHINGTON WILSON WOODSON WYANDOTTE

MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BARTON BATES BENTON CAMDEN CARROLL CASS CEDAR CHRISTIAN CLAY COOPER DADE DALLAS GREENE HENRY HICKORY JACKSON JASPER JOHNSON LACLEDE LAFAYETTE LAWRENCE MORGAN PETTIS PLATTE POLK RAY SALINE ST. CLAIR VERNON WEBSTER