Tornado warning for Jasper, Newton counties extended to 1:45 a.m.

(From the National Weather Service)

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
110 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 109 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAGINAW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  WHILE A TORNADO HAS NOT YET
  BEEN CONFIRMED...THIS CIRCULATION HAS LIKELY RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO
  POWER POLES NEAR SENECA.

  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...
  DIAMOND...DUENWEG...GRANBY...LEAWOOD...NEOSHO...SAGINAW...
  SARCOXIE...SILVER CREEK AND SOUTHEASTERN JOPLIN.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 32 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS DANGEROUS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!