Southern Missouri Message Board

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1231 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE FAIR...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIMBERLING CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CAPE FAIR...ELSEY...GALENA...PONCE DE LEON...REEDS SPRING...SILVER DOLLAR CITY AND WEST BRANSON.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TABLE ROCK LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.