Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO
811 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