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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
622 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
MOZ055-090000-
BENTON MO-
622 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BENTON COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM
CDT...
AT 622 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CALHOUN, OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF WINDSOR, MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
TRUMAN STATE PARK, TRUMAN LAKE, WARSAW, LINCOLN, COLE CAMP, IONIA,
PALO PINTO, LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS, BRANDON, CROCKERVILLE, ZORA, RACKET,
EDMONSON, HASTAIN, WHITAKERVILLE, AND MORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
IF ON OR NEAR TRUMAN LAKE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 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 3853 9307 3835 9307 3821 9308 3821 9352
3851 9351 3851 9330 3852 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 290DEG 32KT 3839 9355
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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