Full Notification

SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Barton County in southwestern Missouri... Newton County in southwestern Missouri... McDonald County in southwestern Missouri... Southeastern Vernon County in west central Missouri... Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1119 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Scammon, or near Columbus, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Mesonet measured 65 mph gusts in Vinita. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Joplin, Carthage, Neosho, Webb City, Prairie State Park, Big Sugar Creek State Park, Carl Junction, Lamar, Galena, Oronogo, Seneca, Granby, Anderson, Carterville, Noel, Duquesne, Dodge, Sarcoxie, Goodman, and Duenweg. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 31. Interstate 49 between mile markers 1 and 77.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BARTON, MO ... JASPER, MO ... MCDONALD, MO ... NEWTON, MO ... VERNON, 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 400 AM CDT for southeastern Kansas...and southwestern and west central Missouri.