Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 8:00 PM for Macon County
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KANSAS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL
800 PM CST.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE
ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
WIND...HAIL...AND A TORNADO OR TWO...WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF
CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI TO 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN
MISSOURI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
Address/Location
Macon County, Mo Emergency Management
101 Washington
Macon, MO 63552
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1