Monday, September 01, 2014

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Jasper County

(From the National Weather Service)

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1122 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1118 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF SARCOXIE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  FAIRVIEW TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEVILLE TO LANAGAN...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN
  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY.  DAMAGE HAS OCCRRED TO TREES AND
  POWERLINES.  WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE HAS HIGH AS 75 MPH.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AURORA...CASSVILLE...EXETER...FAIRVIEW...LANAGAN...MARIONVILLE...
  MONETT...NOEL...PIERCE CITY...PINEVILLE...PURDY...SARCOXIE...
  SELIGMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...VERONA...WASHBURN AND WHEATON.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK...ROARING RIVER
STATE PARK AND TABLE ROCK LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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