Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Jasper County

(From the National Weather Service)

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
709 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF
  GALENA...OR 2 MILES NORTH OF BAXTER SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 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...                       JASPER...
  AIRPORT DRIVE...                  LOWELL...
  ALBA...                           PURCELL...
  CARYTOWN...                       NECK CITY...
  BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...               WACO...
  IRON GATES...                     NEUTRAL...

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