Thursday, April 02, 2015

Tornado warning issued for Lamar, Jasper areas

(From the National Weather Service)

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
807 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 804 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AVILLA...BOSTON...CARYTOWN...DUDENVILLE...GOLDEN CITY...JASPER...
  KENOMA...LAMAR HEIGHTS...LAMAR...MAPLE GROVE...NASHVILLE AND
  OAKTON.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES PRAIRIE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

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