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WWUS53 KSGF 212322
SVSSGF

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

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

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

At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stover, or 11
miles southwest of Versailles, moving east at 65 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 602 PM, downed trees were reported
         in Warsaw.

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, Barnett,
Gravois Mills, Rocky Mount, Lakeview Heights, Crockerville, Zora,
Edmonson, Hastain, and Whitakerville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for 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 Lake of the Ozarks, 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 3812 9341 3821 9345 3836 9345
      3854 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 253DEG 55KT 3836 9304

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

$$

Nelson