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WWUS53 KSGF 212300
SVSSGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
600 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

MOC015-029-141-185-212345-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-240521T2345Z/
Benton MO-St. Clair MO-Camden MO-Morgan MO-
600 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR BENTON...NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN AND MORGAN
COUNTIES...

At 559 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Warsaw, moving
northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Lake of The Ozarks, Truman Lake, Truman State Park, Versailles,
Village of Four Seasons, Warsaw, Lincoln, Stover, Laurie, Sunrise
Beach, Barnett, Gravois Mills, Climax Springs, Lakeview Heights,
Crockerville, Fristoe, Knobby, Racket, Barnumton, and Hastain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central and
west central Missouri. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
midnight CDT for central Missouri.

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.

If on or near Truman Lake, get away from the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 9263 3835 9263 3835 9269 3822 9270
      3821 9267 3817 9269 3806 9305 3807 9345
      3811 9359 3820 9363 3821 9353 3836 9352
      3854 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 247DEG 52KT 3824 9343

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Nelson