247  
WWUS83 KSGF 161723  
SPSSGF  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
1223 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
MOZ083-098-161800-  
DENT MO-SHANNON MO-  
1223 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN SHANNON AND  
SOUTHEASTERN DENT COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM CDT...  
 
AT 1223 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14  
MILES WEST OF BUNKER, OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF SALEM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE 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...  
CURRENT RIVER STATE PARK, ECHO BLUFF STATE PARK, OZARK NATIONAL  
SCENIC RIVERWAYS, SALEM, BUNKER, TURTLE, JADWIN, HOWES MILL,  
MIDRIDGE, DARIEN, GLADDEN, BOSS, ROUND SPRING, AKERS, AND STONE HILL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3724 9165 3759 9162 3770 9131 3769 9116  
3759 9115 3759 9131 3751 9131 3750 9121  
3742 9121 3741 9117 3732 9118 3731 9116  
3727 9116  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 232DEG 22KT 3741 9147  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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