Tornado watch issued for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

TORNADO WATCH 41 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

    MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARRY                BARTON              BENTON
BOLLINGER            BOONE               BUTLER
CALLAWAY             CAMDEN              CAPE GIRARDEAU
CARTER               CEDAR               CHRISTIAN
COLE                 CRAWFORD            DADE
DALLAS               DENT                DOUGLAS
FRANKLIN             GASCONADE           GREENE
HICKORY              HOWELL              IRON
JASPER               JEFFERSON           LACLEDE
LAWRENCE             LINCOLN             MADISON
MARIES               MCDONALD            MILLER
MONITEAU             MONTGOMERY          MORGAN
NEWTON               OREGON              OSAGE
OZARK                PERRY               PHELPS
POLK                 PULASKI             REYNOLDS
RIPLEY               SCOTT               SHANNON
ST. CHARLES          ST. CLAIR           ST. FRANCOIS
ST. LOUIS            STE. GENEVIEVE      STODDARD
STONE                TANEY               TEXAS
VERNON               WARREN              WASHINGTON
WAYNE                WEBSTER             WRIGHT