571
WWUS83 KSGF 172334
SPSSGF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
KSZ073-097-MOZ066-077-180030-
CRAWFORD KS-BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-BARTON MO-
634 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN BOURBON...CRAWFORD
NORTHWESTERN BARTON AND VERNON COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...
AT 634 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RICH HILL TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEVADA
TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA TO NEAR WALNUT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PITTSBURG, PRAIRIE STATE PARK, NEVADA, FORT SCOTT, FRONTENAC, GIRARD,
ARMA, LIBERAL, SHELDON, MULBERRY, MINDENMINES, FRANKLIN, MONTEVALLO,
ARCADIA, WALKER, SCHELL CITY, BRONAUGH, WALNUT, HEPLER, AND
MOUNDVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3772 9509 3776 9488 3793 9468 3806 9461
3805 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421 3804 9419
3805 9412 3803 9406 3762 9408 3736 9461
3746 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 286DEG 41KT 3804 9443 3791 9443 3770 9476 3756
9506
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
HATCH
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