Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

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CHEROKEE KS-NEWTON MO-JASPER MO-BARTON MO-
828 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN NEWTON...JASPER AND SOUTHWESTERN
BARTON COUNTIES...

AT 827 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURG TO GALENA...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOPLIN...                         CARTHAGE...
WEBB CITY...                      CARL JUNCTION...
BAXTER SPRINGS...                 GALENA...
ORONOGO...                        CARTERVILLE...
DUQUESNE...                       DUENWEG...
JASPER...                         DIAMOND...
LOMA LINDA...                     AIRPORT DRIVE...
WEIR...                           LEAWOOD...
LOWELL...                         SILVER CREEK...
ALBA...                           PURCELL...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.