Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Jasper, Newton counties

(From the National Weather Service)

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
549 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHOAL CREEK
  DRIVE...OR OVER JOPLIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JOPLIN...                         CARTHAGE...
  WEBB CITY...                      GALENA...
  GRANBY...                         CARTERVILLE...
  DUQUESNE...                       DUENWEG...
  DIAMOND...                        LOMA LINDA...
  AIRPORT DRIVE...                  LEAWOOD...
  SILVER CREEK...                   SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...
  SAGINAW...                        FIDELITY...
  REDINGS MILL...                   GRAND FALLS PLAZA...
  BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...               SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 27.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&