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Carl Junction Police Department
Saturday May 18th, 2019 :: 01:19 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:00PM

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas... Eastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Crawford County in southeastern Kansas... Barton County in southwestern Missouri... Newton County in southwestern Missouri... McDonald County in southwestern Missouri... Southwestern Vernon County in west central Missouri... Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 200 PM CDT.

* At 113 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Mccune to near Scammon to near Miami to near Maysville, moving north at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Joplin... Pittsburg... Carthage... Neosho... Webb City... Big Sugar Creek State Park... Prairie State Park... Fort Scott... Carl Junction... Lamar... Baxter Springs... Frontenac... Galena... Girard... Oronogo... Seneca... Granby... Anderson... Carterville... Noel... This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 30. Interstate 49 between mile markers 1 and 85.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MCDONALD, MO ... NEWTON, MO ... BARTON, MO ... CHEROKEE, KS ... JASPER, MO ... CRAWFORD, KS ... BOURBON, KS ... VERNON, MO

Instructions:

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for southeastern Kansas...and southwestern and west central Missouri. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Address/Location
Carl Junction Police Department
302 N Main St
Carl Junction, MO 64834

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 417-649-7070

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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