Full Notification

SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Dallas County in southwestern Missouri... Northeastern Polk County in southwestern Missouri... Laclede County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 733 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of Bolivar, moving east at 60 mph. THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR Half Way Buffalo and Lebenon Missouri areas. HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Emergency management. Large hail and damaging winds have been reported with this storm. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured. Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs, siding, and vehicles.

* Locations impacted include... Lebanon, Bolivar, Pomme de Terre Lake, Bennett Spring State Park, Buffalo, Morgan, Conway, Polk, Phillipsburg, Stoutland, Halfway, Bennett Springs, Louisburg, Twin Bridges, Competition, Windyville, Lynchburg, Pumpkin Center, Sleeper, and Falcon. This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 112 and 144.

* AFFECTED AREAS: DALLAS, MO ... LACLEDE, MO ... POLK, MO

Instructions:

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central and southwestern Missouri. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and southwestern Missouri.