856
WWUS83 KSGF 082343
SPSSGF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
643 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
MOZ067-068-090030-
HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO-
643 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT HICKORY AND SOUTHEASTERN ST.
CLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM CDT...
AT 643 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OSCEOLA, OR 18 MILES WEST OF HERMITAGE, 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...
POMME DE TERRE LAKE, POMME DE TERRE STATE PARK, TRUMAN LAKE,
PITTSBURG, OSCEOLA, HERMITAGE, WEAUBLEAU, WHEATLAND, PRESTON, CROSS
TIMBERS, COLLINS, VISTA, GERSTER, QUINCY, ELKTON, HARPER, AND NEMO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR TRUMAN LAKE OR POMME DE TERRE 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 3807 9349 3806 9321 3780 9319 3781 9340
3795 9382 3810 9367 3810 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 290DEG 32KT 3803 9365
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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